Disclaimer: Story is for LJ Smith and CW, not me

Warning: May or may not contain spanking later

"Did you tell him?"

"No I didn't tell him Ric"

"He's scared"

"Shut up Klaus. I'm not scared"

"Then what the hell are you waiting for? You're making him leave in two days and you still haven't told him. He needs time to get ready Damon. Pack a bag, what clothes to take, what music. All that teenage stuff"

"I took care of that. Already packed a bag. Stefan doesn't like music too much. It's all taken care of"

"You don't think Stefan would notice if some of his clothes are missing?"

"I bought him new ones. And shoes and sweaters and jackets and everything else he'll need. Hell, I even bought him new underwear. I told you Ric, I've got it covered"

"Yeah, everything except telling him"

"You don't get to criticize me Klaus. Elijah's doing all your dirty work for you. You don't have to face Kol and tell him that because you pissed off some people, they are coming for you and they will use him to get to you. I don't have an older brother to do it for me so you shut up and let me deal with Stefan the way I want"

"I'm not the only one that pissed them off. You did too and…"

"Guys, guys, stop it. Stop this. Both of you have pissed off enough people to make up a medium sized country and killed enough to make another. And now a couple of those people are coming after your younger siblings to make a point. You do not get to be angry at each other. You brought this on yourselves. Now Damon school has been out for about fifteen minutes. Stefan should be home anytime now. I would tell him if I were you. It's no good to procrastinate"

The front door opened and Stefan stepped into the room. He didn't need to bother with the keys. He knew Damon was home. Damon had heard the front door open.

"I think Stefan's home. I'm gonna go talk to him. I'll talk to you guys later"

"Wait, wait, wait. Don't hang up. We want to hear"

"No way am I letting you listen to that conversation, Klaus. Elijah would tell Kol the same. Go listen to that"

"Spoilsport. I knew you were scared"

"I AM not scared of anybody. And if you say that one more time…"

"Damon just go talk to your brother already"

"This is not over Klaus"

Damon stalked over to the living room to see Stefan just closing the front door. "Hey Stef. How was school?"

"How was school? Totally digressing"

"How many times do you have to hear shut up before you do it, Klaus?"

Stefan dumped his bag and then himself on the couch before looking at his brother. "Lets see. I wrote my thousandth history test, my math teacher yelled at me and I nearly got detention for not paying attention in art class. What do you think? How does that sound?"

"Ok I get it. Your day was boring. But that's why I make you take different subjects when you start high school again. So you can have a little variety. You have Italian now and French in your last high school. And music and art"

"Damon, you taught me Italian when I was four. And French after that. I can play the guitar and the piano. And my drawing skills are abysmal. I don't enjoy it" Stefan eyed his brother suspiciously. "Why the questions anyway? You didn't seem that interested before"

"This is more fun than that show Kol tried to get me to watch"

Damon thought this was a good a time as any to drop the bomb. "You'll be leaving town for a couple of weeks. Something's come up and it's not safe to be here anymore". Stefan laughed. Damon was surprised. He expected screaming and then pleading and then screaming again, in that order. But not laughter.

"That went well. Boring actually. Maybe I should have watched Kol's ridiculous show"

"No. That went too well"

"What do you mean too well?"

He looked skeptically at Stefan. "You're laughing"

"Of course I'm laughing Damon. I needed that. It's been a shitty day" Stefan stood up to go to his room

"You think I'm joking? Stefan, I'm serious. You will be leaving town for some time. You'll be staying with some friends of mine until it's safe to come back"

"Aaannd, we are back online"

"I told you it went too well"

Stefan looked dumfounded. "You don't have any friends"

"Apparently I do or you wouldn't be going to stay with them"

"3...2...1..."

"And here we go"

"What! Why the hell do I have to go away? I haven't done anything to put my life in danger so whatever this is, it's not about me. I would bet my life that you went and pissed someone off royally and now they want revenge and you want to send me away because you think I'll be caught in the crossfire. Well guess what, brother; I can take care of myself. Whatever mess you got yourself into, clean it up. Because I'm not going anywhere and you can't make me" Stefan ranted. Then he turned on his heel and blurred up to his room leaving his brother gaping after him.

Damon heard the door slam shut. He picked up his phone. "I think that went well"

"Dude, that was terrible"

"It was fun"

"It was, wasn't it? Oh Elijah said to tell you he'll be out of town today so you should tell Kol in his stead. How's that for fun?"

"Wait what?"

"Have fun Klaus. I know I did. Klaus?"

Silence

"You lied, didn't you?"

"He was bugging me"

"You know he's going to kill you"

"I don't care. Look Ric, I hate to cut this short but I need to go talk to Stefan. See you later buddy"

Damon entered Stefan's room to see him sprawled face down on the bed. He took a deep breath and closed the door behind him.

"I'm not going anywhere" Stefan mumbled into his pillow

"Oh you're going. There's nothing you can do about it. And that tantrum down stairs? I'll let it go this time" He sat beside him on the bed. "And it's not just you. Klaus is in trouble too. That means Kol also has to disappear. But they have a choice I don't. They have daggers. They are going to dagger Kol and keep him in a coffin. You I can't dagger so I have to send you out of town"

Silence

"Stefan?" He was getting frustrated with the silent treatment. "Stefan, come on say something". Stefan just got up and went to his bathroom, leaving a perplexed Damon behind. He hurriedly sent a text to Kol and waited for the reply. When the reply came a second later, he turned on the tap.

It took Damon a moment to realize that the tap had been running too long. He became suspicious. He knocked on the bathroom door impatiently. "Stefan what are you doing in there?"

No answer

"Stefan come on open the door or I'll break it down" he threatened. After several tries without a response, Damon kicked the door open to find a wide eyed and guilty looking Stefan on the phone. "Who are you talking to?" Stefan shook his head. Damon snatched the phone from his ear and looked at the screen. The other person had been smart enough to hang up. He looked at Stefan again. "What did you do, Stef?"

"The right thing"

"The right…." Damon quickly went through dialed numbers and looked at his brother incredulously. "You called Kol? What did you tell him? Stefan what did you do?" Damon asked shaking his idiot of a brother.

"The truth" Stefan wheezed through rattling teeth. "I told him the truth"

"You told him… Jesus Stefan, do you know what you've done?" Damon asked, incensed. He pushed Stefan into the bedroom and in a no nonsense voice, told him to stay put if he didn't want any more trouble. He dug out his phone and called Elijah, hoping he wasn't too late. About an hour later, he came back into Stefan's room. "I fixed it. I called Elijah and they found Kol before he could leave Mystic Falls. Do you know how stupid that was, Stefan? You could have gotten Kol killed" He sighed and got up. "Get some sleep baby brother. We are leaving tomorrow"

"Wait what?"

"You were supposed to leave in two days but I'm bringing it forward. We leave tomorrow" He tossed the phone at him. "You can call your friends. They can come over and say goodbye. It's more than Kol got"

Stefan looked down guiltily. "Why are you sending us away? I mean I know you probably think I can't handle whoever is after you but why Kol? He is an original. The only things he can't handle are his elder siblings. And last time I checked they were not trying to kill him. Why must he be daggered?"

"Kol's already been daggered" Damon said, packing Stefan's laptop into a bag. "I didn't say Klaus and I pissed off vampires. I pissed off a vampire. Klaus pissed off a witch and not just any backyard one. She's no Bennett but she's fairly powerful. That Kol might not be able to handle. And might is a big gamble so he had to be protected"

"I'm sorry"

"Caroline, Elena, Tyler, Matt and Jeremy would be here soon. Bonnie will be coming with us tomorrow so she doesn't have to be here. I'll just text her the change of plans" Damon walked towards the door, throwing over his shoulder "There's no need for specifics. Tell them it's not safe for them to know where you're going"

"And where's that?"

"Forks, Washington"

I know I shouldn't start a new story but I couldn't resist. Please review and let me know if I should continue or not