CHAPTER FOUR; MEMORY LANE

❝ she loved the girl so much that even the tiniest difference shined so bright she could never ignore it ❞

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❝ the gilbert house [ kitchen ] ❞

THE GILBERT TWINS and Jenna each were working on their own plates of food for the barbecue. "Thanks for letting me invite Caroline. She could use a day of distraction that isn't just e having her watch movies," Maya said as she brought down the garlic.

Jenna smiled at her niece saying, "Well, she's not the plus that I'm worried about. Why is Damon coming?"

The younger twin easily explained to her aunt, "Because Alaric is a pity taker."

Seeing the hesitant look across the gingers face, Elena urged childishly, "Come on Jenna, be nice."

"I'll be nice when Damon learns to keep his paws off you," Jenna reasoned with her. Jenna's vivid memory of walking out on 'Elena' and Damon kissing was more than enough of a reason to keep him away from her. Yet, with him being the only friend Alaric had meant she couldn't possibly ignore him forever.

Reentering the room, Mason returned with two glasses announcing, "Good news! I found the shot glasses!" Maya chuckled at his sunny demeanor as he came to join them standing next to her.

Grabbing her sister's hand Elena declared, "That would be our exit." The Gilbert twins exited the room leaving Jenna glaring at Mason with a dispirited look.

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"Dress! Ballerina," shouted Jenna over all the other overlapping voices of herself and everyone else.

"Puppy," Caroline added shooting out answers like it was her job, "Puppy with a tutu!" Her answer caused Maya to cackle as she leaned back in the blondes' arms as they sat on the floor before the couch.

Damon however was mystified as he gestured to the drawing more violently repeating over and over, "No, no."

Shouting another answer Maya lifted her soda offering, "A dog! Hound-dog!"

Not nearly as loud and overlapping her answer, Mason tiredly answered with a sigh, "Dances with the wolves."

As the words fell from his lips, everyone in the room's eyes fell to him shock that he had gotten the answer, even more so that he could tell it was anything other than a dog. "Mason wins...again," the raven-haired Salvatore beamed walking off into the kitchen.

Jenna looked back the picture tilting her head examining the drawing as she asked, "How is that a wolf?"

Damon gestured his head with a tilt for Maya to see, following after him Maya excused herself joining Damon and her sister in the kitchen. "Jenna is getting tipsy," sang Damon as they each stopped at the kitchen island.

"Will you stop playing her with alcohol," pleaded Elena having seen just how many times he'd poured her a new glass of wine or bourbon.

Maya chuckled pouring herself a refilled glass of coke as Damon defended himself, "I want her to like me."

Ignoring his fake innocence as Maya whispered, "How is operation Lockwolf?" Since he had arrived today, Damon had been trying to get Mason to do something, anything that would confirm his theory about him being a werewolf. Yet everything he tried, Mason skillfully evaded. Which left them all wondering was it on purpose or was he genuinely just unaware of Damon's hidden motive. Though, Maya had begun to doubt that during Pictionary.

He's my new BFF," Damon joked making the twins each roll their eyes.

Slightly speaking with slurred words Jenna entered the kitchen telling the trio, "There you are. Isn't this fun?"

The vampire nodded thanking her, "Yes, thank you so much for inviting me."

"Did I have a choice," she asked begrudgingly with narrowed eyes focused on the Salvatore.

Maya couldn't help but answer, "Not really."

Damon shook his head at the younger Gilbert before telling Jenna, "I know what you must think about me--"

Before he had even finished, Jenna shook her head, "No, you don't. You've never dated you; I have dated many you's."

As her sister attempted to move about the kitchen cleaning, Maya grabbed her arm pulling her off to the side. "Have I mentioned how much I love that Jenna hates him," she joked making her sister shake her head.

"If he keeps supplying her with alcohol she just might turn into tiny Hulk and really lay into him," teased Elena before continuing on.

Smirking a bit Damon returned, "I'm in working progress." Elena resisted the urge to say something as she handed Jenna a cake knife from a set. Watching as the blade was passed off, Damon complimented, "These are fancy."

"Thanks. My mother silver set," Jenna informed walking back into the room with everyone.

As the oldest Gilbert turned, Damon locked eyes with Maya who was the only one to see him. "Not in here. Not with Jenna," Maya declared turning her back allowing him to steal a spare blade for later.

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It was around mid-day while Caroline and Maya were sitting on the couch watching Spider-Man. Since they began dating Maya quickly found out that Caroline was not nearly as much of a movie buff as Maya was. Some of the most iconic movies in their lifetime, unless a rom-com or plain romantic Caroline most likely hadn't seen. Maya had begun making her watch all her favorites. They were doing an equal exchange, for every movie May suggested, Caroline could suggest another for them to watch.

So, at this point they had seen Mean Girls, the Notebook, the entire Indiana Jones series, Good Will Hunting, The Breakfast Club, and most recently, the new Percy Jackson movie. Even Maya had to admit Percy Jackson was nothing like the book, however still, it was fun to watch.

Approaching the couple as they were sat in front of the TV, Elena asked, "Would I be the worst friend and sister in the world if I abandon you and went to Stefan's?"

Without thought May waved her sister off, "You're fine."

"You want to leave," Caroline asked sounding rattled by the information as she sat upright; Maya looked at her friend noticing the nervousness in her.

Elena nodded repeating herself, "It's just that he hasn't calling back to me and I'm starting to have this bad feeling."

The younger twin nodded assuring her sister, "Yeah, yeah go. Make sure he's alright. Him and Damon find trouble too easy for you not to be worried."

Disagreeing with her friend the blonde argued, "I don't think that's a good idea, Elena..."

Thinking she was talking about her being needed here Elena told her as she grabbed her bag, "Damon's got it under control here."

"Take it from me, there's nothing worse than a clingy girlfriend," Caroline said harshly. Once more Maya looked at her girlfriend picking up on her weird attitude about Elena and Stefan. It wasn't like to her to be that negative.

Defensively fiddling with her hands, Elena told her, "I'm not being clingy, I'm just concerned. You understand, right?"

Caroline stood up from the couch and quickly offered up, "How about I drive you?"

The older twin looked to Maya who shrugged as she said, "Yeah, okay, that'll be great, thanks."

"I'm coming," Maya announced grabbed her leather jacker following her sister and girlfriend out to the car. The younger twin took a seat in the front as Elena sat in the back seat. Unbeknownst to either of the Gilbert twins, as Caroline made her way around the car, she used the tip of her earring to jam the sharp point into the tires.

Hearing the air slowly starting to escape, Caroline got into the car driving over to Stefan. The whole while Maya had been holding Caroline's free hands as she drove. "Thank for this, I appreciate it," Elena thanked her friend from the middle seat.

"Here we come, to the rescue," the blonde comment with underline emotions.

Squeezing the blondes hand Maya asked with a raised brow, "Why are you being so snippy?"

Caroline shook her head squeezing her hand in return as she answered, "That's my own drama. I'm sure you two will beat the odds. Not that there is any study to pull outs from. What is the ratio success vampire-human coupling? I'm guessing no—"

Maya pulled her hand away questioning, "Are you trying to tell me something?"

"Sorry," Caroline mumbled an apology, "It's nothing, just, worried."

"About what?"

Before the vampire couple reply, there was a loud pop before the metal of the hubcap began dragging against the floor. Maya groaned leaning back into the seat knowing this increasingly uncomfortable car ride had just gotten so much longer.

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❝ mystic falls streets ❞

All three girls stood outside the car waiting for the tow truck to show, the Gilbert girls patience wearing thin. Maya ran her hands through her curls asking her girlfriend, "Are you sure the tow's coming? We've been waiting forever. I could have changed this for you if you had the stuff already. Seriously, remind me to take you to an Autoparts store and get you some emergency kits."

"That will help next time but not now. They said they'd be here by now," the blonde gnawing biting her lip.

Pulling out her own cellphone Elena declared, "Yeah. I'm just gonna call Jenna."

"No," the vampire exclaimed making the two Gilberts look back at her strangely. Covering up her outburst Caroline added on almost as quickly, "Let me call the tow people again. I gonna use my aggressive voice."

Impatiently Maya asked, "Can we just walk from here? Stefan can just drive us back home later."

"I can't just leave my car," she proclaimed only making Maya turn her body and grumble in annoyance.

Elena placed her hand on her irate sister's shoulder, "We'll come back for it," she told the vampire.

The Forbes vampire returned sharply, "Just give me a minute, Elena."

"Caroline, what part 'I'm worried about Stefan' didn't sink in," the elder girl asked sounding extremely stressed out by the fact she was there, and he was still not answering her. Never had Stefan been this disconnected from her, not unless something was wrong. And at this point, even Maya had begun to worry about him.

Maya watched her girlfriend yet again as she seemed to be stalling them from going to Stefan, "What's the rush? Why are you hurrying to get to a relationship that will never work?"

The reckless twin scratched her head hearing the girl's comment, "Are you trying to tell me something Caroline? If you have no hope for Elena and Stefan what the hell is the point, of you and I?"

Caroline didn't have a choice as she shouted, "Maybe there is none!" Her words left Maya speechless, "You're both human, we are both vampires." The blonde hated herself as she looked to the older twin and carried on, "You're gonna be 70 and in diapers and he's still gonna be smoking hot and you will never have his children, Elena! And you are too maternal to not have children!"

Maya scoffed at her comment as Elena spoke up being the only one there to partly maintain her cool, "Where is this coming from?"

Trying to sound kind, Caroline said softly, "I'm just trying to be your friend."

The elder Gilbert snidely told her with a bitte laugh, "Okay, do me a favor and stop trying." As Elena finished, she saw the tow truck going up from behind them, "Here's the tow, we're gonna walk."

The slightly shorter twin grabbed her sisters hand about to walk away with her. Stopping the twins Caroline gripped Elena's arm tightly, "No, Elena, don't!"

"Caroline, you're hurting me," cried Elena.

"Don't leave me alone," the Forbes girl begged of her friends.

Seeing how she squeezed Elena, May stepped forward pulling her sister back snapping, "What's wrong with you?"

"Hey there, someone called about a flat tire," the tow guy asked walking towards the girls.

Looking at Caroline, Maya shook her head answering, "She did." The blonde attempted to reach out for her girlfriend, but Maya had grabbed her sisters hand pulling her sister away.

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❝ salvatore boarding house [ driveway ] ❞

The twins were walking up the long driveway Maya said, "Somethings wrong with Caroline."

Scoffing at the statement the older twin returned, "Oh yeah? What gave it away?"

"No, I'm serious," Maya said with a roll of her eyes, "It was weird she was on edge every time you mentioned Stefan. And when you said something about leaving, she tried to stall you. Why would she do that? Why would she want to start dating me if she really felt there was no hope for vampire and human relationships? It doesn't make sense."

Slowly Elena came to a stop answering, "I have no idea..."

"I got one, but I don't think you're gonna like it any more than I do," replied Maya, her sister gave her a look to continue. Sighing before going on she finished, "I think Katherine might have scared her enough to spy on you and me. The look she had when we were gonna walk away was scared, not angry, or sad, or even helpful. She was scared."

Uneasy Elena said, "Then what do we do?"

"First let's go make sure Stefan's alright," Maya began raising her chin, "Then, I find Katherine and I kill her. If I have to choose between her and Caroline, the choice was always made."

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❝ salvatore boarding house [ great room ] ❞

"Stefan," Elena's voice called out to her boyfriend as she and her twin entered his home.

Shutting the door behind her Maya called out louder, "Come out Salvatore we don't bite. That's you, and you brother." The elder girl looked back at her sister with a disapproving stare only making Maya smirk in pride, "Oh come on its classic."

"For someone in a cranky mood I would think the sarcasm would deflate a little," returned her sister as they stepped down the small stairs.

Maya chuckled telling her sister, "What would the fun of that be." Downstairs Katherine looked at Stefan, smiling speeding to stab a stake into his leg keeping him stuck in his spot. Stefan let out a pain filled groan as she sped from the room.

"Where the hell is—" before Maya could finished Maya was sent flying into a wall hitting her head on the way down.

Elena spun back around yelling, "Maya!" As she tried to go to her sister's aid, another was already blocking her path. Only this time who stood before her was a woman who wore Elena's face. Her breaths her jagged as she asked, "How is this possible? How do we look exactly alike."

Katherine didn't answer but looked at her from top to bottom. She touched her neck with one finger as she spoke circling the human before her. Almost tauntingly she informed, "You're asking the wrong questions."

Running from downstairs Stefan called out, "Maya, Elena?!" The human girl turned her head and as he arrived Katherine vanished, "Are you okay?"

"Not really. Are you okay?"

Stefan shook his head repeating back, "Not really." Turning his head seeing Maya with a huge gash on her head, "Maya!" The vampire ran towards her lifting her off the ground holding her in his arms. Acting swiftly, he bit into his making her drink his blood, Maya let the metallic blood flow down her throat but due to her weak state she fell back to sleep. "She's gonna be fine," Stefan told her sister who let out a relieved breath.

"Thank you," Elena thanked her boyfriend leaning into him. Just as she started to relax a troubling thought passed through her head, "Stefan..."

The Salvatore boy looked up at her asking her, "What?"

"Can Maya stay here tonight," she asked making a confused look form on Stefan's face. Was his girlfriend really asking for her sister, who at the moment hated him to stay the night?

He nodded at the question, "Yeah sure, why?"

"Because the last time we gave someone blood to heal them Caroline became a vampire," Elena explained worried, "Katherine's out there right now and I don't want her to turn Maya too. Can you just stay with her until it's out of her system."

Knowing Elena was right Stefan agreed, "Yeah I'll keep her here. It was a lot of blood it might take one or two days for it to leave her system." The Salvatore boy went to pick her up when Elena stopped him.

"There's something else," Elena told him remembering the conversation she had with her sister on the way to Stefan's.

a/n

i am so sorry it's taken me so long to update, but I knew this chapter would be a filler mainly because of the episode itself. also, I was planning out the rest of the book and all I'm saying is that Maya and klaus will have TRUE enemies to lovers. They will hate each other, be a bit toxic for a while but do not worry, when they get to the lovers' stage, they'll work out some of their issues. But they will always be messy and will always have better versions of what love could be for the out there, but each other is what they will want. All that being said, if your relationship is legit THIS toxic, do not be in it, this is a story of FICTION and you should treat it as such.

maya's outfit next chapter