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You watched him dress. The last thing he put on was his vervain bracelet. He always took it off when you were together so he didn't hurt you. He was so kind and considerate and honest. He was also drop dead gorgeous. You could admit, if only to yourself, that you were vain and you liked the way his body looked molded into yours. He leaned across the bed and kissed you gently.
"See you tonight, Y/N," Matt Donovan said as he grabbed his phone from the night stand and left the bedroom.
You watched him leave then exited the bed. You didn't necessarily have plans for the day but you like to be occupied. You decided to make a romantic dinner for you and Matt to share when he returned home from work. He had told you jokingly that the only reason he kept you around was your cooking skills.
As you studied the aisles of the Mystic Falls market you lamented the lack of variety. You longed for the international flavor of New York. So many different markets and styles to choose from but you chose Matt so by extension you chose Mystic Falls. No matter how mundane the town was.
You hated Mystic Falls. You had come to visit the small town when you heard that your old friend Stefan Salvatore lived there. You only meant to stay for a week but here you were one year later living with Matt Donovan, so deeply in love you don't see a way out.
The only point of contention between the two of you was Matt not wanting to leave Mystic Falls. He would go away with you for extended trips but he always insisted that you return to his hometown. He always said he needed to check on his friends. More than once he had cut your trip short because they needed his help. How incompetent were these people was your constant thought. What could Matt, a human, do that four vampires, one hybrid, one witch and a vampire hunter couldn't?
You knew that he would continue to put himself in danger for them: so you went along to protect him because you knew they wouldn't.
You made your selection and went home. Matt was a man with simple tastes. You knew he would be just as happy with a steak and baked potato as he would be with Duck a L’orange. You sent Tyler and Jeremy a text telling them to skip dinner at home because you had a surprise for Matt.
You spent the afternoon cleaning the massive house. You showered and put on Matt's favorite little black dress. While you were prepping the steaks Elena Gilbert came into the kitchen. You didn't trust her. She had recently returned from parts unknown after switching off her emotions. She returned remorseful and they all took her back with open arms. You didn't trust or like her before and you definitely didn't like her now. You didn't know what she wanted nor did you care. You only wanted her gone before Matt came home.
"Hi, Y/N," Elena said with a smile that didn't reach her eyes.
"Elena," you said eying and then turning back to your steaks in dismissal. You didn't know what happened next but you felt a syringe enter your neck and everything went black.
When you awoke you were tied a chair with a vervain soaked rope. An unfamiliar vampire stood in front of you holding a stake. You tried to pull free but the ropes burned you. You looked around and didn't recognize the place he was keeping you. You wondered why he hadn't staked you yet.
"What do you want?" you asked him.
"What do I want?" he repeated your question. "I want you to pay for what you did!" he said calmly.
"What did I do? How could I have done something to you. I've never seen you before!" you told him.
"Liar. I know you killed her and I'm going to make you pay," he told you menacingly. You knew that there was a possibility that you had killed the her he was talking about. It was not that long ago that you were a ruthless killer. Maybe you did deserve death for some of the things you had done. But you were not about to die now. Not when you had found redemption in Matt's kiss and in his love. There was also the possibility that something else was going on. Why was Elena the last face you saw?
"How do you know Elena Gilbert?" you asked.
"None of your business. You just worry about when I'm going to kill you," he said as drove the stake deep into your side. He smirked and left the room. You heard a car start and knew you were alone. You managed to get your hand into your pocket and extract your phone. You dialed Matt quickly.
"Hey baby! Where are you? I'm waiting for you," he said in that tone that usually made you melt. Today it just made you cry.
"Matt, help me," you gasped. The stake had pierced your lung and the wood had been soaked in vervain.
"Y/N, what's going on? Where are you?" you could hear the fear and panic in his voice.
"I don't know. Some cheap motel. I don't even know if I'm still in Mystic Falls. He took me from home. I love you," you said your consciousness fading. You disconnected the call and put your phone away. You knew Matt wouldn't find you in time. Your last thought was of Matt and his blue eyes.
You awaken screaming in agony as the stake is pulled from your side.
"Baby, I'm so sorry." Matt said caressing your face.
"Matt? What? How did you find me?" you asked confused but relieved.
"It helps to have a hybrid best friend," he said smiling gently. He lifted you from the chair you had been tied and carried you outside to his waiting truck. Tyler and Jeremy were waiting for the two of you. "Where is he?" Matt asked anger seeping into his voice.
"In the bed of the truck. We're taking him to the boarding house cell. Then we'll find out what's happening," Jeremy said. Matt nodded curtly. He placed you in the back seat of his truck and slid in beside you pulling you to his side. Tyler tossed you a couple of blood bags with a smile.
You smiled a weary smile of thanks and drained the bags. You felt instantly better but you still looked a mess and your dress was ruined.
You hadn't mentioned Elena's part in what happened and you weren't going to until you figured out what happened. When the truck stopped in front of the boarding house Tyler jumped out grabbed your kidnapper threw him over his shoulder and carried him inside followed by Jeremy. Matt had you tucked safely against him and you weren't complaining.
When Tyler returned to the study they all stood silent for a moment. Then Bonnie moved to you and hugged you, a hug you returned. When she pulled away, Stefan was waiting with open arms. You hugged your old friend tightly, then moved back into Matt's arms.
"So your murderous past finally caught up with you," Damon stated.
"Maybe," you shrugged. You weren't feeling up to a verbal sparring match with Damon.
"Bon, can you take Y/N upstairs so she can take a bath?" Matt asked Bonnie.
She nodded and led you upstairs to a spare bedroom. She gave you some clothes and left you alone. As you sat in the tub you let the tears fall. You realized how close you came to leaving Matt, to making him suffer another loss and you cried harder. You never wanted to hurt him and it seemed like a possibility that your past was going to do it for you.
You heard Matt ascending the stairs. You heard him enter the bedroom, he didn't say anything. You heard him removing his clothes. You let the sound of him lull you into peacefulness. He entered the bathroom and slid into the tub behind you wrapping his arms around you. You leaned back against him letting his beating heart and even breathing wrap you in a cocoon of safety and love.
When you felt Matt start to wash your hair you sighed in contentment. His fingers felt divine sliding against your scalp. After he rinsed your hair he stood from the tub and wrapped a towel around his waist. You pouted slightly because it was a shame to cover something so gorgeous. He helped you from the tub and wrapped you in a fluffy towel. He dried your body completely then used a blow dryer to dry your hair until it was glossy and straight.
He led you into the bedroom and made you lay down. He laid beside you and skimmed his hands all over your body. His lips followed his hands as he placed feather light kisses on your face, arms, legs, stomach everywhere he could reach. He lingered particularly long over the spot where your heart lay. You wished you could make it beat for him. He placed a kiss over the stillness in your chest and looked into your eyes. You could see love, reverence and devotion in his eyes and you hoped he could see them reflected in your own eyes.
He kissed you then: passionately, hotly full of lust and love. He put your arms above your head and held them there. He knew you could break free if you wanted to but he knew you wouldn't.
The kisses he trailed along your body this time weren't feather light. They were more licks and bites along your skin. Matt understood that your sense of touch was heightened and he knew that trailing his tongue along your hipbone was driving you insane. Which is exactly what he had in mind.
He released your wrists and used his hands to separate your thighs. His eyes met yours briefly and he gave you a smirk. You knew he was pleased by how wet you were already.
He dipped his head and placed a lick on your hot wet center. He parted your folds with his tongue and lightly licked the bundle of nerves he found there. He gently sucked each of your pussy lips before he thrust his tongue inside of you causing you to cry out in pleasure.
You pushed yourself closer to him your hands finding his hair and held him where you wanted him. He didn't need to be coaxed. He pumped his tongue in and out of you causing your back to arch off the bed.
Matt used his thumb to stroke your clit as he continued to slide his tongue in and out of your now dripping hole. You felt the familiar tightening in your stomach. Matt raised his head and caught your eye. "Cum now," he said in a voice so sexy your body obeyed and you felt liquid gush from you into his warm waiting mouth. Matt kissed your pussy lips lightly through the aftershocks then settled beside you.
He wrapped you in his arms and kissed you deeply. Tasting yourself on his tongue made you ready to go again but you heard Stefan coming toward the room. You used your vampire speed to pull a blanket over the two of you before Stefan opened the door.
"Y/N, sorry to interrupt but I thought you'd like to know your kidnappers awake," Stefan said suppressing a laugh.
"Thanks, Stef. Goodbye!" you said shooting him a deadly glare. He could have told you that without coming upstairs he knew you would have heard. He just wanted to create an awkward situation, apparently that kind of thing is funny to him. Matt chuckled and kissed you again.
"Come on. We'll finish this later," he said as he gave you a sexy stare. You returned his look got dressed and went downstairs together.
When you entered the study your kidnapper was tied to a chair with a thick chain. Damon was standing in front of him. You crossed the room before Damon could touch him.
"He's mine," you said with malice. Damon nodded and stepped back. "What is your name?" you asked.
"Why do you care? You didn't care when you left my Lisa in the sun without her daylight necklace, " he said looking at you hatred filling his eyes.
"I don't know what you're talking about. I've never done that to anyone," you said shocked. "How did you find me?" you asked.
"I'm a tracker. I tracked a vampire to Mystic Falls. When I got here I lost the scent because there are too many vampires here to get a lock," he said.
"So you just picked the first one you saw?" Matt questioned anger in his voice.
"No, I picked the one who murdered my Lisa!" he spat.
"How do you know that?" Matt asked his body tense.
"I figured it out," he said growing tired of the questioning.
"How?" Matt asked again. You knew how he "figured" it out. Elena told him, but you knew he needed to be the one who said so. When he didn't answer Damon handed Matt a stake. Matt drove it into his side in the same place your captor had done to you. "How?" he asked again. He still didn't answer. You moved over beside Matt and leaned into your kidnappers face.
"Tell us now!" you growled taking the stake from his side and plunging it inches below his heart.
"Kill me. I have nothing to live for," he panted.
"No, no. Why would you ask me to show you mercy? I'm not heartless but to kill you would give you what you want," you said coldly. "I'm not in the habit of giving my tormentor what they want," you said plunging the stake in further.
"You are proving that you killed my Lisa. You cold blooded bitch," he growled. You punched.
"I just want you to tell me why you decided I was the one who killed Lisa. Because torture by sunlight is not my style. I haven't killed a human in three years. It's been more time than that since I killed a vampire. Someone gave you some wrong information," you tell him. His eyes darted quickly to Elena and you turn to her, "Right, Elena."
"I don't know what you're talking about Y/N," she said lying and batting her doe eyes.
"Explain why you were the last face I saw before I woke up tied to a chair," you asked her.
"You're confused." she stammered.
"I'm not confused." you said advancing on her. She held her ground.
"You are. Why are you accusing me?" she asked recovered from her earlier stumble. "I wouldn't try to hurt you," Elena lied smoothly.
"You vervained me and gave me to him. What I want to know is: why?" you said moving closer.
"Y/N, what are you saying?" Stefan asked.
"I was taken from home. A home he doesn't have access to," you said. "Elena's face is the last one I saw," you repeated. Matt moved to your kidnapper and pulled the stake from him.
"Talk," he said.
"I got nothing to say. Someone here killed my Lisa and I'm not going to rest until you're all dead," he ranted.
"That's all I need to hear," Damon said reaching into his chest.
"Stop!" you yelled. "Who told you I killed Lisa?" you asked again. His eyes bored into Elena.
"Her," he said. The entire room looked to her. She didn't know what to say. She knew she was caught. You lunged at her only to be stopped by Stefan.
"Y/N, stop!" he said.
"No! Let me go Stefan!" you said trying to break free. Your captor laughed.
"Doesn't matter to me which one killed her. I'll kill them both," he said coldly. Matt looked at the stake in his hand and tossed it to Damon who plunged it into your kidnappers heart.
"Elena, how could you?" Matt asked. "You're supposed to be my friend," he said hurt evident in his eyes.
"You don't understand. I had to, he was looking for me. I killed Lisa but it was when I had my humanity off," Elena explained.
"That's not an excuse." Matt said.
"I had to save my life," she said. "I was in danger," she said moving around Stefan to stand in front Matt. "You weren't supposed to find out," she told him as if that made it any better.
"Matt, I'm leaving Mystic Falls. I'm never coming back here. I love you, please come with me," you said your eyes full of tears. He looked around at his friends and then back to you.
"Baby, I can't just desert my friends," he said wiping your tears.
"I know," you said nuzzling into his hands. "But I have to go. If I stay I will kill her. I won't be the one to take another person away from you like that," you told him quietly.
"I love you, Y/N," Matt said pulling you to him not bothering to hide his tears. You kissed him passionately and stepped away.
"Stefan, I'll see you around." you said before hugging him knowing that as long as he was with Elena you wouldn't.
You hugged Damon next.
"Stay out of trouble, Y/N. And if you can't, give me a call. Witchy and I will there to bail you out," he said smirking. Next you hugged Bonnie.
"I'm so sorry," she apologized before she hugged you.
"Bonnie, don't apologize. Take care and I'll see you," you told her. You hugged Caroline next, she was crying, "Care, don't cry. Mystic Falls isn't a prison. Come visit me in New York," you told her hugging her. She nodded while sniffling. You hugged Tyler and Jeremy next. They held you tightly and you whispered to them, "Take care of him for me," They both nodded and you pulled away. You left the boarding house and didn't look back knowing that if you did you'd never leave.