Chapter 6- Damon

Meanwhile...

"Hello, baby brother." Damon remarked, as he strolled into

The Mystic Grill "Wow ! After how many decades; now your seeking to domesticate ? Hmmm, never pegged you for a bussboy though. Garbage man, yes. But, never a bussboy." he smiled sardonically. Stefan stopped wiping down the table, long enough to regard his brother, "It's good to know your sense of humor is as sharp as ever. I forget sometimes, that you don't know what it means to help someone out of kindness. Never did.' said Stefan. "I thought you'd left Damon ?"

"Nah. I got hungry. There's only so much alchohol a vampire can ingest on an empty stomach. "

"First, keep your voice down. Second, you didn't have to drink anything- since you weren't even supposed to be here. After the problems you caused earlier, I assumed you'd completed your I'm-a-complete-asshole, quota for the day." Stefan always had a way of irking his nerves "Yikes. Touché. With biting comments like that ... Besides, Lassie is wound too tight. He needs to learn to be more 'wild'. He said, waving his hands for dramatic effect. 'Anyways, it's not as if I was hurting her. She obviously liked the attention, ... Who wouldn't." Stefan made one of his surly faces, clearly bothered. Looking around, someone was missing, " Speaking of which... Where is my favorite Witch ?" "You mean Bonnie ? Leave her alone Damon. Don't -" "I cannot believe this, jilted ! This was his party ! I mean, don't get me wrong, I feel bad- I Do ! But all I'm saying is, that if he wasn't feeling well-" they were interrupted by Caroline, who was jabbering animatedly, while going from table to table collecting discarded plates, and some that weren't (snatching them from people who were in mid-bite.). Matt followed close behind. "C'mon Caroline, give it a rest. He complained, 'Be happy he stayed for as long as he did ... Man, I hope he's okay ..." he finished; that comment more for himself than for her. Turning, he headed in the direction of the bar, trash bag in hand.

Wanting to find out what was going on the older Salvatore threw look at Stefan, and grinned. Reaching in his pocket, he withdrew a nickel, and tossed it at his brother. "For your time, my good man.' He laughed as Stefan caught the coin and open his hand to look at it. "Oh and you missed a spot. Go on now, chop chop. I wanna be able to see my reflection in that table." giving a small salute, he walked over to Caroline. Leaving a frowning Stefan in his wake.

"Hello, Caroline. Your looking ... Snootier than usual these days." pausing in the middle of picking up another plate, she looked him over and scoffed, saying "Who let you in ? I know I didn't." "Like I'd ever ask you for your approval to do anything." God she was irritating. She would've been a great trophy wife, he thought. Great looking, easy to manipulate, (among other things) not a coherent thought in her addled brain... if only she could learn keep her trap shut ! "No, matter. I actually came here to see my good friend Miss Benett. Where is she, by the way ?" She rolled her eyes, "She's not your friend ! She hates you. And anyways, she already left." Patience wearing thin, he wondered, if he drained her right now, the entire world would thank him. Control yourself Damon, he reminded himself. "I don't care about, nor did I ask you for your personal opinion ... But, since you love dishing it out it so freely, I'll humor you. Kinda like your friends, and boyfriend do. Pretend I'm listening." he knew he'd gotten to her- bullseye ! She was so insecure, it really wasn't that hard. "Whatever." she muttered under her breath.

Where was Bonnie ?

It was a good thing that Lockwood kid's mom had come to take him home when she did.

He'd run into her as he was exiting the Sheriff's office. They'd got to chatting, and she'd told him about the party.

Compelling that idiot woman to go pick up her animal of son because he was a danger to innocent people; or rather one innocent person, was tough, but

mission accomplished. Now, if the woman had any brains, as soon as she got that moron thru the front doors, she'd have him drug to the nearest basement and chained up ! Adolecent werewolves were the devil to subdue. Besides, the kid looked like he was ready for the ICU. So it was home or the morgue. Either way, it was taken care of.

Then there was Bonnie. She was always trying to do the right thing, where her friends were concerned. But, trying to fix the werewolf, and not knowing what she was doing, was plain stupid.

He'd seen something in her expression, tonight when she looked at wereboy. A gentleness that has never been present, when she was around her other friends. That annoyed the Hell outta him ! And he made the decision right there, to show her, how potentially dangerous this guy could be. I'd seen enough incidents involving that kid, to know that just a little egging on would do the trick. And the jerk walked right into it.

Hopfully, she was back in her house, safe ... For the moment. "Soooo, did Bonnie go home ?..." Caroline shook her head, preparing to leave, when Matt walked up. "Bonnie ? Yeah. She left like, half an hour ago.' "Oh... too bad." "I know, she didn't look like she was having much fun anyway. But, that was nice of her to drive Ty home. H-" Damon cut him off, "Wait, SHE DID WHAT !" "What's it to you, anyw-" Caroline began, and he silenced her with a look. Matt continued, "Came and told me Tyler wasn't well, and she would make sure he got home. Don't know what happened to Mrs. Lockwood, though ..." Damon heard enough, and was already on his way toward Stefan.

"We need to go." "Where ? What's wrong ..." he asked "It's Bonnie. I'll explain on the way; can we go !" "Ok. Let me just," Elena came over "What about Bonnie ? What did you do ?" she accused "ME ? I, ... we don't have time for this." he told her. "Damon thinks she might be in trouble. We're going to check on her." Stefan said calmly. "I'm going. Please don't tell me to stay here, and don't look at me like that. She like my sister. If she needs help, I'm in. You know she'd do it for me." No arguement there. The three of them headed for the door. Not breaking stride for a moment, even when Caroline called out demanding Who was going to finish cleaning up all this mess !