CHAPTER TWENTY - SIX

× it happened that night ×

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THE MUSIC WAS BLASTING THROUGH THE SALVATORE BOARDING HOUSE AS STEFAN LOUNGED AROUND ON THE COUCH, watching girls play twister in front of him. He smirks as he spins the board again, gasping as he looks towards the girl on his right. "Uh, oh. Left arm please." He tells her before biting into it, the girl giggling as he does so. Damon rolls his eyes as he was glancing around at the dead bodies and the girls dancing around the room.

"The two brunettes on the staircase owe me a persian rug." He says bluntly as he stares at his brother who only pulls away from the girl, raising his eyebrows at the man.

"You mean, they owe us a Persian rug. It's my house too, brother." Stefan replies with a smirk as he holds out his hand, his eyes drifting to something behind Damon.

"Who cares about a dumb rug. Is this honestly what you two talk about?" Cassandra asks with a scoff as she walks into the room making the two boys he surprised by her presence. They didn't even realize that she was in the house.

"Thought you'd be with Klaus." Stefan says, thinking she'd have left town with the original since they were now bed buddies.

"And I thought you'd have a sense of humour by now but I guess we were both wrong." Cassandra says with a fake smile before pushing past Damon in order to get to the alcohol. Stefan only watches her movement, an annoyed expression on his face.

"Are you seriously still gonna stay here?" He groans, watching the girl look at him with slight amusement. Obviously she was if it seemed to annoy him so much.

"You want me to move in, Stef. I thought you'd never ask." She gasps with a pout before smirking and sitting on the couch, letting her legs rest on the man's lap which causes him to push them off. Cassandra glares at him before kicking his leg.

"Ooh, would you like to spin?" Stefan asks them with a wiggle of his eyebrows making Cassandra stare at the board for a moment before deciding not to give into his childish games.

"So, this is what Klaus had in mind when he compelled you to protect Elena?" Damon asks as he glances around the room, obviously not seeing how this was helping in the slightest.

"These ladies are helping me be, all that I can be." Stefan says with a smirk as he dramatically gasps. Cassandra can't help but glare at him, still not forgiving him for what he did when they were still with Klaus.

"You may be a careless dick right now, but I still hate you." Cassandra tells him as she sticks out her tongue at him. Stefan only flips her off, not caring if she hated him or not.

"Where's Stefan?" A new voice asks as the door to the house slams shut. Rebekah could be seen walking up to them making Cassandra smile, hoping the girl would be taking up residence too.

"Who the hell are you?" Damon asks as he notices the blonde girl stopping next to him. He glances over at his brother and Cassandra who didn't seem to affected by her presence.

"Thank god, Cassandra you're here too." Rebekah let's out a thankful sigh as she drops her bags to the ground. Damon was the only one left confused as to who was in their house. "He left me here. My brother actually left me here." She scoffs as she looks at the trio who were all staring at her. Cassandra wasn't surprised Klaus had left Rebekah behind, he never wanted to wake her in the first place.

"I'm sorry, your time implies that I'm actually supposed to care." Stefan says bluntly with a roll of his eyes, not seeing why Rebekah when came over in the first place. It's not like anyone but Cassandra wanted her here.

"Your Klaus's sister?" Damon asks, almost not believing that they would be related in any way. Cassandra snorts as she finishes off her drink, meeting the eyes of the original.

"Rebekah. Pleasure, I'm sure." Rebekah tells him without even much as a second glance. "Which one is my room?" She asks with a raise of an eyebrow which makes Stefan scoff, shaking his head.

"You're not staying here." Stefan snorts as he looks at her slightly amused, making Rebekah glare at him.

"I will literally jam a wooden stake into your heart if you don't stop talking." Cassandra threatens the man because if Rebekah wanted to stay here, she could. Stefan had no say in it whatsoever.

"You need to loosen up, Cassie. God, you weren't this high strung when Klaus was giving you his di--" Stefan is immediately cut off as Cassandra slaps a hand over his mouth. He glances at her, raising an eyebrow.

"Shut up. That was only a couple times." She snaps at the boy with squinted eyes making Stefan chuckle, smirking at her. Damon had his eyebrows furrowed as he was trying to figure out what they were going on about.

"The amount of times you slept with my brother within the span of a couple days actually made me want to slap you." Rebekah scolds her in a blunt voice making Cassandra roll her eyes. They were acting like Klaus and her were doing it every damn second, they only slept together like three or four times.

"Wait, you slept with Klaus?" Damon asks, a look of disgust forming on his face at the mention of her sleeping with the enemy.

"Okay, can we all just stop talking. It's none of your business." She snaps at all of them, not wanting to discuss her sex life. She was being nice for Rebekah because it was her brother they were talking about.

"Yeah, you are rude. Both of you. I'll see to it myself." Rebekah huff's as she grabs her bags and makes her way upstairs which causes Damon to just stare at her in shock.

"Well, I guess she's staying here." Stefan says before going back to the game, feeding from the girl beside him allowing Damon and Cassandra to talk with each other.

"So, you couldn't keep it in your pants huh?" Damon teases her although he was still slightly disgusted by the fact that she had sex with the hybrid who tried to kill everyone.

"I lasted two months but a girl has needs. You are the same exact way, so you can't judge me." She points a finger at him making him raise his eyebrows, knowing he can't argue with that. It was just, of everyone she could choose from she had to have sex with Klaus.

"I can judge you for your choice of men." Damon states, scrunching his nose a little bit which makes Cassandra glare at him. But he did have a fair point since Klaus wasn't exactly the best choice she could've picked to sleep with.

"They were moments of weakness." She grumbles with a roll of her eyes as she crosses her arms against her chest. Damon chuckles a little bit before a sigh leaves his lips.

"I'm just glad you're not in his grasp anymore. You know, you didnt have to give yourself up to save me." Damon says, bringing up their previous conversation but she only shrugs her shoulders. It wasn't like she didn't owe him. He and Stefan saved her life so they deserved that at least once from her. Damon cashed that in already.

"I owed you one." Cassandra tells him vaguely which only makes Damon furrow his eyebrows. "1864." She elaborates which makes Damon nod his head, now knowing what she was referring to.

"Ahh, fun times." Damon says with a smirk as he begins to walk out of the parlor, leaving Stefan to his antics as cassandra walked beside him.

"So, you and Elena?" She asks as she raises an eyebrow at him, following him up the stairs as they both wanted to get away from Stefan who was being a moron.

"What?" Damon asks, instantly denying anything happened between them which would be a lie but he wouldn't tell her that. Cassandra would only judge him for wanting Elena who she was clearly not fond of.

"Come on, you two were alone for two months. There was no physical contact, or mushy eye contact at all?" Cassandra questions, seeing the man's obvious hesitance and blatant confusion because he was trying to hide the truth.

"Nothing that will go anywhere." He mutters as he closes the door, pushing her against it as his eyes move down her body.

"Damon." She warns as she raises an eyebrow at him, nudging him away lightly so that they weren't so close to each other.

"I thought we were besties with benefits?" Damon questions with a small frown, not seeing why she was pushing him away since she never turned down sex.

"That was before Klaus came back and before you and Elena got closer." She points out, not really feeling like being Damon's Elena doll because she'd rather not have him thinking of the doppleganger while they were having sex.

"So, you're saying there's no more physical relationship?" He asks as he roams his eyes down her body but she only moves away from him, not wanting his longing looks.

"You really need to just tell her how you feel." Cassandra says, hating the fact that Elena had Stefan and Damon around her finger and she was happy about it. Or at least she had Stefan before he turned off his emotions.

"I don't do lovey dovey feelings, that's Stefan." He points out with an eye roll as he crosses his arms against his chest, leaning against the wall.

"Stefan isn't himself right now. Take your chance." Cassandra tells him, not really caring what he did, she just wanted him to leave her alone. Damon only sighs as he takes a step closer to her but she only gives him a warning look.

"You really don't want to have sex right now?" Damon asks with a groan but she only flicks his forehead making him glare at her before heading off anywhere else, leaving the girl to smirk as she could finally be left alone even though she had to find out information. It was hard to do when they weren't talking about anything interesting.

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STEFAN PEAKS HIS HEAD INTO CASSANDRA'S ROOM, a curious expression on his face because the girl hadn't been at dinner. He didn't know why she had decided to skip it but Katherine tried to tell him to just leave her be because obviously she wanted to be alone. Stefan didn't listen to her though as he had made his way upstairs in order to seek out the girl. "I thought you were accompaning Kat tonight?" Cassandra questions, not paying much mind to him as she finished packing her things, ready to leave because Elijah had informed her that Klaus was getting too close for comfort.

"Not until later. I just wanted to come and check on you." Stefan says as he leans against the doorway, his eyes set on Cassandra who was glistening underneath the moonlight which shined through the window.

"I am quite alright, Mr Salvatore. But thank you." She tells him with a small smile before going back to what she was doing, thinking the boy would just leave on his own.

"Are you leaving?" He asks as his eyes flicker over the bags that were scattered around. Stefan furrows his eyebrows as he didn't even know the woman was planning on taking off.

"I have places to be, people to confront. I'm leaving when Katherine comes to say goodbye." Cassandra tells him with a giggle as she brushes her hair over her shoulder.

"This time with you has been amazing, Cassandra. I hate to see us part ways." Stefan says sadly as a frown takes over his features. He didn't want her to leave, he'd rather her stay then Katherine If he was being completely honest.

"I may come back to visit you one day. You have made quite the company." She says with a teasing smirk as she strokes his cheek before placing her bag on the ground. Stefan smiles at her, licking his bottom lip.

"I'm glad I could make your stay pleasing." He tells her as he watches her try and untie the corset she was wearing. She hated travelling with them on so she usually took them off before hand.

"I'd hate to part without a proper goodbye though." She tells him, batting her eyelashes at the man. Stefan smiles at her, leaning down to capture her lips in his. He would never admit it, mainly because Katherine had a lot of compulsion on him, but he had grown to quite like Cassandra. She made him feel things that even Katherine wasn't able to do. Stefan couldn't help the flutter his heart felt when they pulled away and she gazed into his eyes. Cassandra smirks up at the man who was staring at her with all the love in his eyes, his hand stroking her cheek. He presses another kiss to her lips, this time it being soft and sweet catching Cassandra off guard a little. Stefan smiles into it, kissing her with so much passion before eventually pulling away from the girl. Cassandra stares at him, a little in shock at what had just happened. She could tell he was about to say something, something she did not want to hear at all especially knowing the fact that she did not feel the same way towards him. So Cassandra only unlaced the top of her dress, catching the man's attention as he watches her finish taking it off. Stefan was completely speechless which is where she wanted him to be because it allowed her to capture his lips again and this time, she'd be gone before he woke up the next morning.

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SWAYING HER HIPS TO THE BEAT OF THE SONG, Cassandra allows her hands to feel up her body, smirking as she felt free in that moment. She was standing on top of the table in the Salvatore boarding house, the brothers being gone so she had the house to herself. Cassandra felt herself giving in to the music as she closes her eyes, giggling as she twirls a little bit before swaying her hips again. There was still a couple of girls who had hung around, mainly because Stefan never told them to leave. She had grabbed a blood bag from downstairs in order to keep her gaze off of them and the music also helped. That was until it was suddenly turned off making her groan, opening her eyes.

"Nice moves." Stefan compliments with a smirk playing on his lips as he watched the girls hands run down her body in a sensual way.

"What are you doing here?" She asks with annoyance seeping out of her tone. Cassandra thought that no one would be home at least for a couple of hours.

"It's my house." Stefan says bluntly as he continues to watch her sway her hips. Her dress was almost exposing her but it was just holding on barely enough to not allow Stefan the skin he was hoping for.

"I thought you'd be out protecting Elena." Cassandra admits as she shrugs her shoulders, stopping her dancing as she gets down from the table, finishing off her blood bag which helped push down the urges to rip into every single human in the room.

"I don't have to spend every second with her." Stefan complains as he walks further into the room, his eyes looking over the girls and noticing that none of them were dead. Which actually surprised him a little bit.

"Don't tell Klaus that." Cassandra says as she sits on the couch, resting her head back. After a moment of silence, she noticed Stefan's eyes on her. "Yes?" She asks as she raises an eyebrow at him, turning her head in order to look at the man who was so blatantly staring at her.

"Stop being mad at me. I lied to protect Elena. I was just a fool in love trying to protect a stupid girl." Stefan says as he leans against her shoulder but she only pushes him off of her with stern expression on her face.

"You could've still told me." Cassandra replies, not seeing how this was going to make her any progress though because he truly didn't even care what she thought of him.

"I know. Im sorry." Stefan apologizes with a void expression on his face, staring down at her.

"That's not much of an apology." Cassandra says with a eye roll as she noticed the obvious lack of emotion in his voice.

"What, so my brother can get you to forgive him so easily but I can't?" He asks with a fake offended expression on his face. Cassandra only gives him a blunt look, not giving into him. "Is it because he has sex with you?" Stefan adds as he moves towards her, licking his bottom lip as his eyes roamed over her body.

"No, he just isn't an emotionless idiot." Cassandra answers him with a tight smile, not getting why he suddenly moved so close towards her.

"If you want a really rough apology, I can give you that." Stefan tells her with a smug smirk on his lips, his hands gripping her hips as he pulls her close to him but she only rests her hands on his chest to stop herself from moving closer.

"That charm may have worked in 1864 but it won't now. Plus, aren't you still technically with Elena? I don't like her but I'm no homewrecker." Cassandra states, her hands still firm on the man's chest but she didn't fully push him away yet. Stefan rolls her eyes at the mention of the doppleganger who was too busy with his brother to even really care about him.

"Forget about Elena." Stefan scoffs as his hands move behind her to squeeze her ass which causes her to glare at him as she moves from his grasp. He sighed, crossing his arms against his chest.

"Still a no." She states firmly before drinking from an open bottle of bourbon. Stefan watches her closely before moving towards her yet again.

"So, when are you going to admit it?" He asks her suddenly causing her to stop drinking for a moment to give him a look of confusion.

"Admit what?" Cassandra didn't know what exactly he wanted her to admit to but she knew it had to be something about the originals.

"That you're in love with Klaus." Stefan says nonchalantly as he raises his eyebrows at the girl. It was no mystery to anyone that the girl was still in love with their enemy.

"I'm not denying it, I just don't know if I want to be with him again." Cassandra corrects him, knowing full well of her feelings she just didn't know if she wanted to act on them or not.

"Do you want to be with Elijah?" He asks wiggling his eyebrows at the girl which causes her to scoff and roll her eyes at him.

"I am not talking about this with you." She refuses as she crosses her arms against her chest. Stefan gives her a firm nod, allowing a smirk to work it's way onto his face.

"Oh, sure. You should really talk about it with them or you know--" Stefan cuts himself off as he makes a dick sucking motion with his hands causing her to let out a surprised gasp.

"Shut up, Stefan!" She scolds him as she punches his arm making him laugh at her, a smirk taking over his features as his eyes roam over her body which was just so blatantly laid out.

"See, I can still make you smile." Stefan tells her as he raises an eyebrow at her. Cassandra rolls her eyes a little bit playfully as she gets up from the couch, her dress riding up a little bit from sitting down for so long.

"You aren't so bad as a ripper douche." Cassandra states truthfully before noticing that his eyes were trained on her lace panties which had been revealed when her dress decided to not cooperate.

"Oh, really?" He asks, taking his eyes off her body for a second but only to bite into the neck of a girl next to him. Cassandra sighs, watching the man drink the blood from the woman's body. Stefan notices her reluctance which makes him pull back for a moment. "Come on, have a bite." Stefan pleads with a pout as he brings another girl closer to Cassandra who can't help but just stare at the woman's neck. She groans, feeling herself lose control even from just looking. She couldn't help herself, she had to feed her cravings. And that's what she did, feeding into the girl and allowing the blood to go down her throat for a moment.

"I really shouldn't be doing this." She mumbles, scolding herself but it doesn't make her stop as her eyes flash open to look at Stefan who was watching her closely.

"That's what makes it so fun." Stefan says with a smirk as he finishes off his girl. Cassandra sinks her teeth back in, relishing in the taste before dropping the body to the ground, her body still moving against Stefan's. He turns her around so her back was against the wall, heavy breaths leaving her lips as her mouth was dripping with blood. Stefan hovers his lips over hers which makes her glance to the side but he only grabs her chin, forcing her to meet his eyes. Cassandra felt the man's hands roam up her body till they were settled on her hips. He roughly connects their lips, sighing into the kiss as he brought her body closer to him. Cassandra pushes him away, gasping a little bit as her eyes bore into his. Stefan only looks at her, thinking she was going to slap him but instead she lets out a whine before grabbing him in order to pull him back towards her, smashing their lips together. She instantly moans at the friction between them as Stefan brings their bodies together. He speeds them over to the couch, her back hitting the end of it as she felt his lips devour hers. Cassandra growls before pushing him into the table behind the couch, making him knock over the lamp which smashes onto the floor. Stefan looks at her in surprise before speeding over to him as connecting their lips again. Her hands rip his shirt open, now roaming his exposed skin. He flips them over so he was pushing her down into the table, his lips moving down her jaw and neck, across her chest. Cassandra moans loudly, her hands gripping his hair as she tugged at his belt.

Stefan had made a tear down the front of her dress allowing him to go further down. Cassandra would've ripped his head off for ruining her dress but at that precise moment, she didn't care. He picks her up, not even giving her time to wrap her legs around him before he sped them to his bedroom, slamming her against the door as soon as he shut it. She smirks at him before turning them around, pulling his pants down quickly as she started making a trail of kisses down his body. Stefan watches her with lust filled eyes, knowing what she was going to do but he didn't need that right now, he needed her. He only grabs her hair, yanking her head back before she can get started which causes her to look at him seductively.

He was suddenly on top of her, them both naked other than some of Cassandra's dress that was still lingering on her body. Stefan thrusts into her at an alarming rate causing the girl to moan out in surprise. It soon turned to pleasure as she wraps her legs around his hips in-order to push him deeper. Stefan groans as he smashes their lips together, loving the feeling of being inside of her. He hadn't had sex since this whole mess with Klaus even started so to say he was little deprived would be an understatement. Stefan thought Cassandra was going to say no, well she did but he had noticed the looks towards him and he was so glad they had history because he knew how good she was in bed already.

All that could be heard throughout the boarding house was the moans and whimpers coming from the pair as they moved against each other harshly, needing each other badly. Their breathes with ragged as Stefan had lifted one of her legs over his shoulder to deepen his pace. Their was no words, no declarations of love or any of that nonsense. Only pure pleasure as their lips moved against each other furiously, just needing a good fuck. Cassandra felt him suddenly release in her, hearing the long groan escape from the man's lips as he kept thrusting into her. She gasps at the feelings, moaning at the sensation before she reached her edge. That didn't stop them from continuing as Cassandra only tightened her grip around him, pushing him closer to her in order for him to bottom her out. Stefan pulls away from their kiss, causing a whine to leave her lips as she was desperately trying to reach another high. He only smirks down at her, loving the fact that she was unfolding underneath him. She meets his eyes, mirroring his smirk as they only moan, hearing each other's pleas for each other. It probably wasn't a good idea in Cassandra's book but it did give her a clear head and she thanked Stefan for that. Who knew a humanity-less ripper would be the solution to all her problems.

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this is a semi short one, nothing really happened other than umm... Stefan and Cassandra 😂 y'all were wanting them so badly and I already knew this was going to happen and it was so hard keeping it a secret. but wow they hot tho. bye. comment your thoughts and um reactions to the uh.. sex.... yup bye now. but I kinda want them to just have a kind of fuck-friendship ya know... Okay I'm done bye