Elena turned away from the both of them. She couldn't look at either of them right now; she didn't know how she felt about them. It was intoxicating and dangerous. She was 18 years old, she didn't know how she was supposed to feel, she didn't even know if what she was feeling was love or just lust or infatuation, she didn't know anymore. The lines had become too blurred. Black and white and merged to form ugly yet beautiful shades of grey.

She was sick of it all. Sick of the originals, the vampires, the werewolves. All she wanted was to be a normal 18 year old. Her life was too complicated, she just needed to escape for a while, like the time she and Damon had gone down to that bar in Atlanta, and the time she and Stefan had gone to the lake house. No. She didn't want to think about them, even though she could feel their eyes on her, waiting to see what she would do.

Stefan and Damon had suggested she spend the night in the boarding house, with Klaus and his hybrids back in town, it wasn't safe. She didn't want to stay there, it would be too awkward and she missed her own home.

"Look, I know your worried about me but, let's face it nobody is safe with Klaus around and it's not that much safer here really so I think I'm just going to go home." She said as she turned around to face the concerned stares.

"If you think for a second I'm letting you walk out that door... I will lock in the damn cellar myself if that's what it takes to keep you safe." Damon confidently said and took a step towards her, so she took a step back. He gave her a warning look, suggesting if she moved again he really would lock her up.

"No Damon, she's right. We can't keep her here like a prisoner, that's what Klaus does, not us." Stefan, the voice of reason, always trying to please Elena and that was what she was counting on.

"Are you insane, Klaus will do a lot worse, trust me this is for her own good." Damon spat back at Stefan, annoyed that his brother was trying to impress Elena rather than keep her alive, same as always.

Damon stepped towards Elena and went to grab her arm, but she twisted out of his reach and stood behind Stefan, he was losing his temper she could tell and she didn't want to make him mad but she didn't have a choice.

"Elena, grab your stuff and go, I'll make sure you can get to your car." Stefan said, eyes locked with Damon. Sibling rivalry at its hottest Elena thought and instantly regretted it because it made her sound like evil slut vampire Katherine.

She was out the door and at her car in five seconds flat, no way was she hanging around to hear the fallout from that argument.

As she pulled out of the massive drive way she reached for her phone and flicked down to Caroline's number. Caroline had been spending time with Klaus recently, not because she wanted to, Caroline hated Klaus with every fibre, but it was the only way to keep him "busy" and away from Elena. Stefan had asked Caroline too and that meant that only, he, Caroline and Elena knew why she was spending so much time with Klaus, which meant all their friends now thought Caroline was on the "dark side" and had completely abandoned her and meant Damon was on the war path. Stefan had told Elena to try and keep in contact with Caroline and spend more time with her, because he feared that with the neglect she was suffering from her friends that she really would turn to Klaus for real, if she wasn't reminded why she was doing it.

"Hey Caroline? It's Elena I was wondering if you wanted to hang out, maybe go shopping or get some food or just chill at my place, but your busy so just ring me back when you get this." Elena babbled before the beep on Caroline's voicemail cut off the call.

When Elena parked up outside her house, Caroline appeared on her doorstep. "I got your message" she smiled manically at her best friend.

"And you didn't think to just call back?" Elena said.

"Well I figured this way I could convince you to come with me to this little secluded bar just outside of Virginia away from any drama, I know it's kind of far but, you need a little fun and I think we could have a girls night, I even have mental outfits picked out..." Caroline babbled

"Let's do it" Elena said enthusiastically cutting in, it sounded perfect.

"Wait. What? I thought you'd take a lot more convincing than that, you're getting soft in your old age Gilbert" Giggled Caroline who could clearly hardly contain her excitement.

"HAHA Forbes your hilarious, now come on I want to see you're mentally picked outfits!" the girls giggled as Elena unlocked the front door.

Of course as soon as the door was open Caroline made a B-line for two bottle of wine on the rack as Elena was trudging up the stairs, she didn't bother with glasses and followed Elena up to her room. Caroline flung the closet open and she pulled her gym bag from out of nowhere.

"Ok now I bought my best, casual but still sexy outfits and I was thinking we could jazz you up a bit." Caroline giggled as she unscrewed the lid on the bottles and handed one to Elena.

"Hey! I don't need Jazzing thank you, I'm already jazzed." Elena said defensively, then looked down at her usual jeans and t-shirt and sighed. "Jazz away" she said.

Within Twenty- minutes the wine was half gone, clothes were strewn over the floor and the girls were in fits of giggles as they skipped down the stairs. Already a bit buzzed, Elena waved bye to Alaric who was playing one of Jeremy's Xbox games and they were out the door before he could ask where they were going.

"I'm so going to regret this tomorrow" Elena said.

"Forget about tomorrow!" Caroline practically sang as she snatched Elena's keys out of her hand.

"should you be driving?" Elena asked concerned.

"Please... Vampire. Remember?"