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Elena could not believe she was drunk. It had been two weeks since John and Isobel blew into Mystic Falls and planted roots. Tonight, Tyler Lockwood threw the first party of the summer. The waterhole was crawling with students from Mystic Falls, mostly the seniors and juniors. Elena was among the seniors. How she allowed Caroline to drag her to the party in the first place was a mystery. Maybe it was because Isobel had decided to start hanging around the house when it was revealed that Damon and Jeremy had their legal business meetings in the home. Elena was constantly stopping the bile from coming up her throat. Could she be any more obvious? Who hangs around a dusty old office at two in the afternoon just to get a peek of someone? Elena could not fathom going to such lengths as Isobel. Who was seriously that desperate?

Flashback

"Come on Lena. All you do is practice and work all day now. I barely see you!" Caroline Forbes exclaimed into her best friend's ear.

Caroline was a beautiful girl. Sure, she talked too much sometimes and she could use a filter on what and when to say something, but she was awesome. Her long blond hair hung half way down her back like a mane. Her baby blue eyes were the picture of innocence, despite her being the furthest from it. Caroline was a notorious party girl and it didn't help that that was what she wanted to do in life. Party planning. Elena could not deny that Caroline was good at it. Being student council president wasn't an easy task, Caroline had once told her. Caroline was the perfect cheerleader, too peppy for her own good.

Caroline was complaining about Elena spending her time doing something productive. Elena was constantly practicing her diving. A recruiter who looked at possible candidates to audition for the Olympian team was scouting her all summer and when school started back. Her form would be perfect. It helped that she had been the Virginia State Champion for three years now in her division. Elena had also gotten a job at one of Jeremy's clubs. She took inventory and was his assistant from nine in the morning until noon. At two she was diving until nine. Jeremy could not believe she was still standing. Elena was used to it though. You do not become the best by hanging around all summer with your friends.

"Care, I'm working. You should think about getting a job. College applications."

"Please, are you even going to college?" Caroline questioned her best friend.

"If I'm not an American Olympian Diver, then yes."

Caroline laughed and smiled her thousand watt smile to her best friend.

"This is one party Lena. One! Please! I can't come alone."

"Aren't you like going out with Tyler?"

"No! He's taking Sarah. Sarah freaking Jennins! Can you believe it?" Caroline exclaimed.

Elena could only smile as her best friend began rambling on about Tyler taking another girl to his party. She began a speech on how they were just friends but it seemed like he was trying to make her jealous.

"Care, no matter what you say, you two are not just friends. I notice the little looks and hidden messages you two have been giving one another for the last six months."

"Are you just trying to make me not want to go so you don't have to see Matt?" Caroline asked without hesitation.

Did Elena mention Caroline needed a filter? Matthew "Matt" Donovan was her current ex. Matt was Mr. Allstar, All American boy. Blond hair with the sky blue eyes. He seemed nice, and he was for the most part. He was also a douchebag. Upset with Elena for not taking the next step with him after almost two years. When she couldn't take much more of the pressure, she dumped him.

"Care, Matt is sleeping with Andie and Rose for that matter. Why would I care about seeing him? We were done when I walked out the door."

"I thought you said you loved him." Caroline pointed out.

"I didn't say I was in love with him. Major differences if you can't tell. You loved Trevor, and from the looks of it you're in love with Tyler."

Caroline looked at Elena like she wanted to bite her head off. Her expression suddenly softened.

"Lena, you're getting too smart for your own good." Caroline said with a sigh.

Elena could not help but feel guilty. She had thrown Caroline's main issue back into her face. She sighed with determination.

"Fine, we'll go to the party."

Caroline began to jump up and down, squealing with excitement.

"But I am not drinking!" Elena pointed out to her.

How quickly her resolve had crumpled when she saw Damon at the party. He was with his other best friend and Elena's soon to be uncle in law, Alaric Saltzman. Her Aunt Jenna, her mother's sister, was nowhere to be found. Elena assumed she had skipped the kiddy party which surprised her. Free liquor was all Jenna ever needed to go to a party. Elena looked around for her Aunt though; she had recently graduated from UC Berkeley with a Master's in Law Enforcement Administration. Jenna wanted to be a bad ass CIA Analyst. Not the low-level kind, the kind that could break down the country with five swipes of keyboard. Elena had already had seven shots of tequila and two beers before she approached Damon and Alaric.

Flashback

"What are you two doing here?" Elena drawled out.

"Does Jer know you're here?" Damon questioned.

"Shut it. Asshole." Elena said.

"Be nice Lena." Alaric said.

"Yeah right. If Damon was nicer to me, we would be making out right now." Elena said then laughed.

Alaric choked on whatever he was drinking and looked between his best friend and his almost little cousin.

"Is there something I should know about? Is something going on with you two?" Alaric questioned.

"Not at all. Trust me, that mistake will not be made again." Elena said giggling.

Alaric's eyes widened as Damon grabbed Elena's arm and pulled her away. They reached a spot in the woods where no one could see them.

"What the hell is wrong with you?" Damon shouted at her.

Elena could only smile and sway side to side.

"You're a jerk. I really liked you." Elena slurred, poking him in the chest.

"I don't know why you seem to think I did something to ruin whatever we had started that night but maybe you should think to ask me what you think I did before you make any more assumptions."

"Was it because she was a slut? Did I need to be a slut for you?" Elena exclaimed, tripping backwards.

Damon caught her and pulled her into his chest. Elena inhaled his smell; he had the scent of a cross between Irish Spring and aftershave.

"You just be you Lena. There is nothing I want more."

Elena suddenly pushed Damon away from her. She caught his hurt face before she spun around and threw up all over the ground. She felt Damon holding her hair back from her face. She suddenly felt light-headed. She closed her eyes.

The next thing she remembered was being carried and put into a car. It smelled like leather and pine so she knew it was Damon's car. Hmm … he must he just got it detailed, she thought as she took a deep breath. Elena did not remember the drive but she felt herself being carried again. She looked up to see the Salvatore Boarding House from her position in Damon's arms.

The Boarding House had been in Mystic Falls since the late 1800s. It was passed down through the family for generations. Damon once told her he wanted his family to live in the giant house one day. Elena had to admit she loved the architecture of the building. It was amazing. Architecture was her fall back plan, if she did not become an Olympic diver, she would follow her other dream. Elena sensed she was being put unto a bed. It smelled of Damon entirely. Out of all the times she had wanted to be in his bed, this was not one of those times.

Elena woke the next day with her head throbbing. Her eyes were blurred and her mouth reeked of bile. When her eyes finally adjusted, she realized she was in the Boarding House. She looked around for anything familiar until she saw it. A black worn leather jacket on a love seat. Elena suddenly realized she was in Damon's room.

"I see you finally joined the living." A velvet voice spoke into the vastness.

Elena whipped around, too fast for her current dull state, and saw Damon coming into his room with a tray full of food.

"I thought you might want something to settle you stomach. I never thought so much throw-up could come from such a little person." Damon joked sitting the tray on top of Elena's legs.

She noticed there was bacon, strawberry pancakes with whipped cream and hash browns. There was also a glass of water with two pills in front of it.

"Thank you." Elena said smiling.

Memories started to flood her head. 'Was it because she was a slut?' 'Asshole.' 'Maybe you should think to ask me what I did before you make any more assumptions! 'Did I need to be a slut for you?' 'You just be you Lena.' 'What the well is wrong with you?' 'I really like you.' Elena groaned from the dread of it all. This was exactly why she did not drink as much as her friends or family. She was either one of two things when she got drunk. Frisky or Depressing. It depended on her mood before the drinking started. Elena ate her breakfast in silence before taking the pills.

"Was I really bad?" Elena asked despite already having an inclination for the correct answer.

"No."

"Liar." Elena said making Damon and herself laugh.

The two began to stare at each other like they used to do. Blue clashed with brown, the whole world seemed to blur past as if insignificant to what was going on between the two former flames. Damon broke the eye connection by clearing his throat. He stood up and handed toward a door. When he opened it, Elena could see it was his bathroom. A huge mirror allowed her to see him picking up towels from a shelf.

"Umm … you might want to shower. Katherine brought in some clothes for you earlier and all your other things she thought you would need. Jer's downstairs just to warn you." He said after walking back into the room and handing her a face cloth and large towel.

"Does he know?" Elena asked with desperation.

Jeremy had not started an argument with her since the day Isobel got to town and Elena would love to leave it that way. Getting pissed drunk and sleeping in his best friend's room was not the way to let things go smoothly.

"No. He thinks you came over earlier to hang out with Stefan and took a nap in my room to get away from the couple. I might just hurry if I were you though."

Elena nodded and got up from the bed. Damon smiled slightly at her before leaving out the rom and closing the door behind him.

Elena walked down the stairs in an outfit she knew Katherine picked out on purpose. Why else would she need to have on a very short pair of black Victoria Secret shorts, a gray crop top that read 'Bite Me' with a set of teeth biting a lip in red letters and red converse. Katherine was proving to Elena that she remained a Delena fan despite her sister's objections to the contrary. Elena put her long, flowy hair into a messy ponytail with hair falling out the sides. Katherine would say she looked hot without trying. Elena knew she was beautiful but unlike Kat, she didn't want to flaunt it.

"Hey sexy!" A familiar voice purred as Elena reached the bottom of the stairwell.

Elena laughed and hugged her twin tight to her chest.

"Thanks for the slutty outfit Kitty Kat." Elena teased laughing.

"Hey, you're welcome. You can't just sleep in a sex's god bed and then walk out the next day doing the walk of shame." Katherine replied with insinuations.

"Kat, nothing happened."

"Right." Katherine purred with not a belief that Elena was telling the truth.

The girls both turned as commotion was heard outside the front door. Elena looked to Katherine with a questioning gaze.

"Anna."

Anna Hastings was Jeremy's son's mother. Two years ago he had been foolish enough to get her pregnant, not that Elena judged. She thought it was too earlier but Niklaus was a blessing to everyone. Katherine on the other hand hated Anna, and the feelings were returned. Anna and Katherine hated each other as soon as they met at a family dinner. Anna was twenty now, raising a son while going to school full time. Elena knew Jeremy paid most of her bills because she was raising Klaus and goign to college.

"It must be Jer's start of the cycle." Elena spoke.

Jeremy and Anna had Klaus two weeks a piece every month. They alternated. Anna was nice enough. It was just that every time she came to drop off Klaus, she would start an argument with Elena's brother. Yet if Jeremy went over to Anna's house to pick up their son, which Elena had witnessed before, she was perfectly normal. Katherine said it was because Anna wanted them back together but just because they slept together occasionally now, it didn't mean Jeremy would go back down that road with her. Anna was short, at least 5'1. She hard dark brown curly long hair, brown eyes and a shy smile. Klaus was the spitting image of Jeremy except his eyes. He had green eyes like Grayson. Klaus had thick dirty blond hair and the cutest smile a two year old could have.

The door burst open to reveal a smiling Klaus.

"Auntie Lena. Auntie Kat." The little boy exclaimed running toward the girls.

Katherine picked up her nephew and kissed him on the cheek. He reached out for Elena next who held him tightly.

"How are you little Niklaus?"

"I made a family picture at daycare. I want to show you when Daddy brings in my bag."

The two girls walked toward the door where Anna and Jeremy's angry faces could be seen.

"Look what the mice brought for lunch." Katherine purred, smiling at Anna.

"You would know. Don't mice eat their own shit?"

"Don't curse in front of my son!" Jeremy said with a warning tone.

"Whatever. I'll be by this week to check on him." Anna replied with indifference.

"You do that." Katherine hissed.

Elena gave Anna an apologetic smile, walking back into the house with Klaus in her arms. She entered the kitchen where Damon was pouring himself a coffee.

"You look cute with him."

Elena smiled and nodded at the comment.

"I want seven kids. I can't wait until they all get here. I want to design my own home for the family or live in a place like this." Elena told him.

Damon looked conflicted. Elena had no idea why she was being so nice to him all of a sudden.

"I want nine." Damon told her after moments of silence.

He smiled as he approached her, ruffling Klaus' hair.

"Uncle Damon, don't do that." Klaus said, scrunching up his face giggling.

Elena could not help but smile. This was the type of life she wanted. The hard point was how to obtain it. Damon looked down on Elena with adoring eyes as he smoothed down Klaus' hair.

"Thanks for last night. I have a feeling I was a bitch to you." Elena said looking up at him.

"I'm used to it." He said smiling.

Elena shoved his shoulder smirking. Maybe they could be friends after all.