Okay I lied! I really wanted to update this chapter. Thanks for the reviews already guys and keep them coming! :) This is now where everything is going to get interesting and I can't wait to write more. The next chapter might take a bit longer than I want because I am currently writing another fanfiction. Seriously thanks everyone for reading!
Chapter Two - The News.
The Salvatore Boarding house (next day).
Elena knocked as delicately as she could on the Salvatore's door. It didn't take less than three seconds before a half asleep and half dressed Damon Salvatore appeared.
"And what do I owe this pleasure this early in the morning?" He fought back a yawn.
"It's ten past one Damon?" Elena scrunched her face. Damon took a double glance at the grand-fathers clock by his side and realized she was right.
"Must of been one hell of a night." He shrugged. Elena rolled her eyes unimpressed.
"Can I come in?"
"Depends, are you here to see me?" Damon lent against the door frame showing off his nicely toned muscles.
"I need to talk to Stefan. Is he in?" Elena tried to avoid all eye contact.
"When is he ever not in?" He sighed and swung the door wide enough to let her go through. Elena didn't bother saying thanks nor looked back at him. She continued to walk down the hall until she got to the library. Stefan was arched against his desk frantically writing. He was so lost in his own thoughts, that he didn't notice Elena standing over him.
"Um Stefan?" She whispered.
"Elena?" He looked up and jumped out of his seat, "What are you doing here? I didn't hear you come in." He pushed all of the papers and notebooks to the furthest side of the desk.
"Damon let me in." She looked around to find him however, he was no where to be seen. Stefan frowned knowing that Damon wouldn't be far.
"Well is everything okay?" Stefan asked because Elena never came over anymore unless it was important.
"Yeah, everything is fine. I came because I thought I should tell you I wont be in town next week." She watched his eyes fill with concern.
"Why? Where are you going?"
"Caroline won tickets to Florida, to that amusement park over there. She's invited me and Bonnie but Jeremy and Matt are also coming. I thought I'd should tell you because It would be rude to just leave unannounced." She couldn't help but make it sound like a dig from the time he left with Klaus. Stefan noticed the slight sharp tone in her voice and was about to speak but Damon decided this was the time to enter.
"Ooo a vacation?" He was at his drinks cabinet and was now slowly buttoning up one of his popular, black shirts. Stefan nor Elena replied which meant Damon continued.
"Okay, sorry I was eavesdropping, I'm guilty." He began to make his self an alcoholic drink, "Would either of you like a drink?" He asked. Elena shook her head and Stefan ignored his older brother.
"Well, all I can say is, thanks for the invite." Damon muttered as he stirred his bourbon in a clockwise motion.
"Like Caroline would ever invite you to anything." Elena tilted her head towards him.
"Hmmm I can't deny that." Damon shrugged and knocked back his drink. Elena ignored him and faced Stefan once again.
"How long you going to be gone for?" Stefan asked.
"About two weeks." She glanced at the floor not wanting to see Stefan's reaction.
"Two weeks?!" Damon spat. Elena sighed and turned on her feet once more to answer the oldest Salvatore.
"Yes Damon two weeks. Is that a problem?" She simply replied.
"What kind of tickets has blondie got?" Damon asked clearly not trying to hide any essence of surprise from his face.
"I've just discussed this with Stefan. I thought you were eavesdropping?" Damon always riled Elena up and half the time it wasn't even on purpose. He ignored her comment and continued to interject.
"Well, we are definitely coming." Elena was the one who was now shocked at Damon's comment.
"What?" She laughed in disbelief.
"You heard. I can't miss a chance of actually seeing you having some fun." He grinned as he poured his self another bourbon.
"And how are you going to do that without a ticket Damon?" Elena could see he was enjoying this.
"It isn't exactly hard to buy one, Elena." He put emphasis on her name as he gulped down his second drink.
"You are not coming with us Damon." Elena had enough of him and flipped back round to Stefan who had kept quiet up until now.
"Damon is right Elena." Stefan finalized.
"Oh that's right brother, you go and side with Elena as always…" Damon began to complain, "Hold on did you just say I'm right?" Damon grinned and looked straight at Elena.
"Yes." Stefan sighed.
"You are kidding me?" Elena couldn't believe what she was hearing. Stefan shook his head and glanced at Damon who had now poured his third drink. He raised it towards Stefan before taking a swig. Stefan sighed at his brother and looked at Elena again.
"You two are not my bodyguards. I don't need to be babysat wherever I go!" Elena moaned. Damon took a back seat on this one and let Stefan do the talking.
"Elena?" Stefan grabbed her shoulders to make sure her full attention was on him, "I don't think letting you go to a different state miles away is a good idea. You have only been a vampire for pretty much a month. Your still new to everything and letting you go somewhere where thousands of humans will be running around freely and with your temptation and blood lust still being very high right now, will end up being their death sentences." Stefan explained a little to coldly than she expected.
"And your suicide." Damon added and knocked back another glass before continuing, "Because there is no way you will ever be able to deal with that guilt." He pointed the glass at her. Elena thought carefully before speaking next. She knew Stefan had a valid point and it would be easier if they were there but there was three problems: First problem was clearly Caroline. How on earth was Elena going to begin to explain that the Salvatores have invited their selves. Second problem was the fact that Stefan and her had broken up and even in Mystic Falls it was awkward and she didn't want to imagine how it would be on holiday. The final problem was the pact the girls made last night and Stefan and Damon categorized in both boy problems and vampires. Stefan would probably follow the no compelling rules but Damon would never even consider it.
"Elena?" Stefan still had his hands placed over her shoulders. Elena forgot she was in deep thought.
"Okay." She said.
"Okay?" Stefan repeated.
"You two can come." The words managed to fall out of her mouth. She couldn't take it back now.
Elena didn't even want to turn to see Damon's smug look plastered on his perfectly chiseled face.
"Good decision. So when are we off?" Damon's voice echoed towards her ears.
"Next Monday. So if you are going to book the tickets I'd book them as soon as." Elena bared a fake smile.
"You know what to do Stefan. I'm off, you know places to go people to see yada yada. I'll see you Monday Elena." Damon slammed his fifth and final whiskey on the table as he gave Elena his famous wink before leaving the room.
"You know Caroline is going to kill me now that Damon is coming." Elena stated. Stefan tried not to smile,
"I could have a word with her if you want?" He suggested.
"No, no. I'll tell her later." Elena rubbed her forehead knowing that if she was still human she would definitely have a headache coming on. "Well, I better go. The next few days are going to be busy ones, I'll call you to let you know how Caroline reacts. That's if I'm still alive to tell." Elena tried to soften the atmosphere. Stefan laughed and walked her out to the front door.
Once Elena was back in her car that's when she took her phone to compose her first message of the day:
HEY C, R U BUSY LATER?
NEED 2 TLK BOUT HOLIDAY.
TXT BAC ASAP! XXX
She threw her phone on the passenger seat to turn on the engine. In a matter of seconds her phone bleeped:
HEY E, ME AND B R GOIN 2
GRILL 5. MEET US. C U
THEN! XXX
Elena groaned knowing a public place is not where she wanted to be a giver of bad news but this was news that had to be told sooner rather than later...
Mystic Grill (later that day).
Elena arrived at the grill ten minutes before the girls were meant to arrive. She found the nearest booth and sat down. Matt saw her first and decided to walk over.
"Hey Matt." She smiled while placing her phone back into her purse.
"Hey Elena, are you excited for Monday?" He started to wipe down the table.
"To get out of Mystic Falls, yeah I definitely can't wait but I accidentally got Damon and Stefan invited." She sighed. Matt's hand stopped polishing the table and he tried to hide the frown that was appearing on his face.
"So, Damon is going?" He asked and Elena nodded apologetically.
"Care and Bon will be here any moment now, so I can tell them the news." Elena's phone beeped and she pulled it back out of her purse and read the new text message.
HEY, ME AND BON
WILL B 5M.
C U IN A BIT (: XXX
"Caroline?" Matt asked as he watched Elena's face tense.
"Yeah she said she's on her way." Elena half smiled. They both continued their small talk until the grill door opened. Elena looked up wishing that it was Caroline and Bonnie already however she was so wrong. The blonde Original, Rebekah strutted in first and noticed Elena and Matt straight away. She smiled warmly at Matt before giving a bitchy snarl towards Elena and walked straight past to the bar. Elena almost didn't realize the second Original following behind her not because he wasn't noticeable (because he certainly was), it was because of Rebekah's dirty look. Kol had his own entrance as he copied his baby sister's steps up to the bar. He ignored Matt's over- protective look completely and glanced straight at Elena he nodded in recognition with a charming wink to follow.
Jeremy came out of the staff room door and also took a glance at the two Original vampire's ordering their drinks as he walked to the far table where Matt and Elena were.
"What are they doing here?" He complained as he reached the booth. Elena put her finger over her lips insisting that at least one of them would be listening in.
"It isn't exactly like they are barred or have to be invited in." Matt scowled as he put the new place-mats down in front of each space. No one said a word and waited for the witch and the other blonde vampire to enter.
"Ugh It is not my fault we are late Bonnie, that skirt had my name all over it and I needed to buy it. And it was not my fault the queue was that long!" Elena chuckled to herself as her vampire hearing overheard Caroline and Bonnie bickering fro across the street.
"Care and Bon are here." She told Jeremy and Matt. The boys looked around wondering what she was talking about until the girls both entered the Grill. Jeremy laughed realizing Elena heard them before seeing them.
"Hey Elena, sorry we are late Caroline here felt like queuing up for half an hour for one skirt." Bonnie apologized and shuffled herself into the booth followed by Caroline.
"I heard." Elena grinned. The girls brows furrowed, wondering what she meant.
"So we are all here?" Caroline smiled noticing Jeremy and Matt standing side by side.
"Yup." Jeremy said. Everyone got their selves comfortable for Elena's news.
"What did you wanna talk about Elena?" Caroline asked. Before Elena could speak Caroline groaned in disgust, "What are the Originals doing in here?" She hissed. Kol had his self sat up on a stool with the perfect view of their table however, he wasn't currently looking. Rebekah meanwhile had her back to the group and was flirting with the bartender.
"I almost didn't notice." Bonnie joined.
"Just ignore them, they not exactly causing any harm." Elena really just wanted to get this over and done with.
"You're sticking up for them?" Caroline voice got slightly louder.
"What? No why would I stick up for them." Elena scowled, "Look, Damon and Stefan are coming with us to Florida." Everyone fell silent.
"What?!" Caroline stood up and slammed her hands against the table. Everyone in the grill including the originals turned their attention to Caroline. She smiled embarrassingly and sunk back down into her seat.
"You finished?" Bonnie whispered. Caroline nodded and frowned at Elena.
"This is so like you to do this Elena?" She began to argue. Elena bit back and everyone begun to bicker quietly with each other. None of them noticed that Kol was now walking towards their booth slyly.
"Now, now. Arguing like this isn't like you guys. What's going on?" Kol's arrival shushed them all. Caroline was the first to reply.
"None of your business Kol." She seethed.
"It is his business if you're disrupting our time out." Rebekah complained as she strutted her hips towards the group.
"Well, no one is stopping you from going some place else!" Caroline continued to argue. Kol found this very entertaining and slid himself into the seat next to Elena.
"Ladies relax." He soothed. Matt's whole body tensed as Kol effortlessly put his arm around Elena's chair. She sighed knowing that he was doing it all for show.
"So come on, what's the latest gossip?" He pretended to act excited. The girls including Rebekah rolled their eyes.
"Um, well we are all going on a vacation next Monday." Jeremy shrugged.
"Jeremy!?" Everyone except the originals moaned. Jeremy stepped back realizing everyone wasn't happy with him.
"A vacation? Tell me more." Kol grinned cheekily.
"Why do you care what is going on with our lives?" Bonnie finally spoke out towards him.
"Well I certainly don't." Rebekah pretended to yawn.
"Oh, are you still here Rebekah?" Caroline sarcastically replied. Rebekah edged forward,
"Watch yourself Caroline, I can rip your heart out without a second thought." She threatened. Before Caroline dug herself a deeper hole Elena replied to Kol's question.
"If you must know Kol, we are going to a place called Universal, Orlando in Florida."
"So first of all you decide to invite the Salvatore's and now you are telling the enemy where we are going?!" Caroline cried.
"Caroline I didn't invite them, they invited their selves, and if you would ever give anyone a chance to explain I could of told you that. Also, it was either tell him or he compel us to tell him. What would you rather?" Elena outburst shocked everyone to silence once again.
"Hmm I guess you're not just a pretty face Elena." Kol began to laugh.
"Kol, can we just go?" Rebekah whined. Kol looked up at his sister with anger in his eyes for ruining his fun, however agreed and got up and readjusted his self.
"Well, all this has been fun we should do it again sometime." Kol bid everyone goodbye and sneakily gave the petite blonde vampire a wink. No one spoke until they were sure the originals were long gone.
"What just happened?" Matt eventually spoke.
"I don't know but I have a strange feeling it isn't going to be the last time we see Kol before we go to Florida." Bonnie sighed. Caroline slumped her body over the table.
"I'm really starting to regret ever winning these tickets..."