AN:Thank you again for your lovely support. I really can't thank you all enough. I'm sorry it took me so long to update today, but university is keeping me pretty busy. I hadn't the time to re-read the chapter again and I apologize for many stupid mistakes. I probably re-upload it later.
About the chapter...I personally think it's a bit silly, but I really had fun writing it and therefore I hope you'll have fun reading it :)
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08: Winter Wonderland
"Sleigh bells ring, are you listening
In the lane snow is glistening
A beautiful sight oh we're happy tonight
Walking in a winter wonderland"
Elena woke up very early that morning. She opened her curtains and the view was breathtaking. The world was completely covered with a white blanket of snow. She smiled and opened her window to enjoy the cold air for a moment. Then she grabbed her clothes and decided to go for an early walk. Jeremy and Alaric were still asleep and snored in synch, which was actually impressive.
She sneaked out of the house. It was the coldest day of the year so far and she enjoyed every minute of it. The streets were empty and just a few shop owners were on their way to work. They looked tired and surprised by the sudden white wonder and Elena felt the need to greet everyone and show her happiness. The trees were white, the pavement was frozen, you couldn't see which car on the parking lots belonged to whom anymore. It was still snowing and Elena wished it would never stop.
"Stefan…" Klaus said annoyed as they both started to walk deeper and deeper into a forest. "What happened to the car again?"
Stefan sighed. He played that game for hours now. "It broke down."
Klaus nodded. "Right. Remind me again, why did it break down?" Stefan wanted to tell him it was because he stole a junk car, but he wasn't stupid, he told him exactly what he wanted to hear. "Because I drive like a fifteen year old cheerleader." Klaus nodded again. "And whose great idea was it to walk into a forest with no clue where it will lead us?"
In this case, Klaus had a point. Stefan suggested the forest looked not that big and if they get through it, they would make it to another highway, but that was an empty guess. "Mine."
Klaus nodded for a third time and it drove Stefan crazy. "Thank you, Stefan. Really, I'm glad for your wonderful ideas, my friend. It is not like I told you several times that I want to be home as soon as possible. But who wants to be home anyways when he can freeze to death in a bloody wasteland."
Stefan shrugged. "It's not like we can actually freeze to death." He said and soon after he wished he kept his mouth shut.
Klaus put his arm around him. "Right. We cannot. But the coldness is still unpleasant, isn't it Stefan?"
Stefan knew something he wouldn't like was going to happen, but he still answered. "Right."
Klaus pushed him away. "Stay away. I am turning into my wolf form now."
Stefan raised an eyebrow, that definitely didn't mean something good.
After a long walk Elena decided to stop by the Boarding House. She wanted to make sure Fuzzy was okay with the sudden cold and maybe she and Damon got the chance to catch up on yesterday.
When she walked into the driveway, Damon was already there. "Good morning." She greeted him a bit surprised. "What are you doing?"
Damon pointed at the big snow pusher in his hands. "What does it look like?"
"You're…getting the driveway free?" Elena said innocently.
Damon put the shovel aside and kissed her softly on the forehead. "Hundred point for seeing the obvious, Miss Gilbert." He turned around. "That wasn't nice." Elena said playful and when Damon turned around again she hit him with a snowball. Damon was a bit perplexed in the first moment. "You dare to attack Damon Salvatore with a snowball?" He asked in a dangerously low voice. "Bad move." He grabbed some snow, formed a ball, speeded towards Elena, who had no time to react and rubbed it into her neck. Elena squealed. "Damon, stop. Damon, stop. DAMON STOP!"
He laughed like hell. It was a good thing he didn't need to breathe. Elena pouted. "That was cold." Damon shrugged. "You love snow."
"Well….let's see how much you like!" She said and made a few more snowballs. She threw them all at Damon who used his vampire speed to escape. "Cheater!" Elena shouted. Damon laughed again. "C'mon, sweetie. Try to get me."
Elena knew she had no chance but she tried over and over again. "I'll never get you." She said out of breathe and let herself fall down into the snow. "What are you doing?" Damon asked.
"I'm making a snow angel." She said and as she sat up it really looked like an angel. "You're turn." Elena said to him. "No way. I'm not the angel type."
Elena circled him with a smirk on her lips. Damon watched her carefully. "Please…for me?" she said like a little girl. Damon knew what her plan was and tried to keep himself together. "No." he said steady. "To bad." Elena said and smiled sweetly. Then she threw himself into his arms. "Elena what -?" it came with such a surprise that he lost his balance and they both fell down. Elena's head rested on his chest and she giggled like a maniac. "You think that's funny?" Damon said and coughed some snow out. "How about that?" Using his vampire speed again he turned both of them around. Now he was lying on the top. Elena smiled at him. Gosh, she's so beautiful, Damon thought. "That's not funny. That's something else." She whispered and wiped some snow off his face. He softly put some hair out of her face. "Elena…" he said in a husky voice.
"Watch out!" A voice suddenly said. Damon looked up just to be hit by another snowball. "What the hell?" He said and jumped back on his feet pulling Elena with him. In front of them were Bonnie and Jeremy, both laughing. "Man, you look pissed." Jeremy said amused.
"Who was it? Which one of you…." He glared at them. Bonnie was still laughing and Jeremy looked innocently at him. "Neither." He said. "I even warned you."
"If it was none of you, who was it?" Elena said, a bit angry that just another moment was ruined.
"Me!" Caroline suddenly stood in front of them, Tyler right behind her. "Barbie!" Damon hissed. She laughed. "You're face was priceless."
Elena grabbed Caroline's arm and pulled her a few meters away. "Care!" she whispered. "Didn't you see what was going? You ruined our moment!"
What Elena forgot was, that even a few meters away, Damon could still hear them. He tried not to look at her. So she definitely wanted him kiss her. He smiled softly. A few months ago he would've never thought that she would yell at Caroline for ruining a moment between them, no she would have probably be glad about it. But now, now she was there exploring what they could be and it was already the best Christmas gift ever.
"I'm sorry." Caroline said, feeling guilty. "I just couldn't resist."
"Well, well…" Katherine walked out of the house. "Is this a private party or am I invited, too?" She said and crossed her arms. Seeing her Damon got an idea. He looked at Tyler, who seemed to understand. They both grabbed very slowly for some snow, so that Katherine wouldn't notice. Damon's lips formed a 'three, two, one'. "Now!" he shouted and in vampire speed he and Tyler threw many snowballs at Katherine. "YOU'RE SO DEAD!" she yelled, which caught Rebekah's attention who ran outside. "What's going on?" she looked at Katherine who was all over covered with snow. She started to laugh."You should wear it more often, suits you."
Katherine freed herself from the snow. "You should wear the dagger more often, suits you." She snapped back.
Damon massaged his temples again. "Not that again."
"Girls, keep it cool." Tyler suddenly said. "What about…a real snowball fight?" he said and looked at his friends. "What do you mean, honey?" Caroline asked.
"We played that often when we were kids." He explained and looked at Jeremy who seemed to remember. "Two teams, each team has a flag and that one which catches the opposite flag first, wins."
"Child's play, really?" Katherine asked and raised an eyebrow.
"I think it sounds like a lot fun." Elena exclaimed. "Me, too." Bonnie agreed.
Elena gazed at Damon. He didn't look happy about it, but he didn't complain either which was a good sign.
Tyler clapped his hands. "Okay, we need two teams!"
Damon was about to walk over Elena when Caroline had one of her useless ideas again. "How about boys vs. girls?" she asked cheerful.
Katherine chuckled. "Wouldn't that be unfair? They would lose within five seconds."
That awoke Damon's fighting spirit. "Oh yes, Miss Katherine? We'll see about that."
Jeremy counted the players. "Let me call Matt, than we have one player more."
"Okay, each team will get one hour for preparation, then it's war." Tyler said.
"Any rules?" Bonnie asked.
Tyler shook his head. "Not that I remember."
"I love playing without rules." Katherine said.
"We all know that." Rebekah hissed bitterly at her. Elena raised her hand. "I want one rule. No supernatural powers." She said.
"C'mon Elena!" Damon complained. He knew she just said it because of what happened earlier. "I think it's fair." Jeremy said. If the vampires would use their speed or strength or Bonnie her witch power, they would be screwed.
"Fine. No cheating." Tyler said and the team parted ways. The girls went back into the boarding House, the boys decided to crash at the Lockwood's.
"We're so gonna cheat!" Katherine said and made herself a drink. Elena sat down on the couch and crossed her legs. "We just agreed not to cheat." She wasn't really surprised her doppelganger wanted to do it anyways. Katherine rolled her eyes. "How naïve are you, Elena? They've Damon on their team, of course they'll cheat, too."
Elena didn't want to admit it, but Katherine made a strong point. There was no way Damon could resist cheating. "Okay, we'll cheat." She agreed a bit reluctantly.
"Okay, we need to be prepared!" Caroline said excited. "I'll make us a flag. How about pink?"
"No!" Elena, Katherine and Bonnie said. Rebekah decided not to comment on it. "Okay, okay." Caroline said annoyed. "How about red?"
"I like red." Elena said and no one seemed to disagree. "We need to communicate." Bonnie said. "And I already have a great idea. Can some of you vamp speed to my house? I have a box of talismans on my desk and I need them."
"Give me a second." Caroline said, but before she could stand up, Rebekah was already gone. "I hate her." Caroline said and pouted. "Dito." Katherine agreed with her.
"Guys, we're a team." Elena said. She hated how both girls treated Rebekah, who was nothing but helpful and a good friend since she undaggered her.
Katherine sipped her drink down. "We need a strategy. They will have a good one, I'm sure. Damon was on the confederate army, he knows how to fight in a war."
"So, this is war now?" Elena asked and thought they took it a way too serious. "Honey, everything is war." Katherine said like she was some wise old woman.
Caroline made a thoughtful face. "Okay…so how about one of us vampires takes the flag? We can always speed away."
Katherine thought she surrounded amateurs. "Exactly the wrong move."
"And what should we do then?" Bonnie asked. Katherine was really getting on her nerves with her 'I know it all' attitude.
She smirked. "Just try to get into their heads….especially Damon's. It is the most logically thing to give the flag to one of us who can just run away….so the stupidest thing would be to give Elena the flag."
"Hey!" Elena snapped a bit offended. She was absolutely sure she could trick them as well. Katherine made a reassuring gesture. "So, we give the flag to Elena?" Caroline asked, already confused.
"They would think of it as well." Katherine explained, "I think I lost the thread." Caroline said.
"Look…" Katherine said and thought the blonde could be really dumb sometimes. "I explain it very slowly so you get it, too. The best thing would be if a vampire has the flag, but that would be too easy, so they probably expect Elena will have it because we're not that stupid. BUT Damon is not stupid as well so he might suggests that we know he knows that we make them believe a vampire has the flag when it really is Elena, who can't run that fast, has it. Got it?"
"No…" Elena and Caroline both said with confusion. Bonnie was the only one who seemed to follow Katherine. "I'm confused…." Caroline said. "Who gets the flag now?"
"I thought that was clear." Katherine said. "Elena gets it."
"Didn't you just say I was too slow for it?" Elena said still offended. Katherine needed another drink.
"Look, Care…." Bonnie said softly. "Their first guess will be that a vampire has the flag and because Damon is not stupid he'll suggests that the vampire will be a distraction and Elena really has it. But because Damon probably knows that Katherine will come up with such a strategy he thinks that Elena is the real distraction and won't go after her."
Caroline still didn't understand a thing. "Bonnie…." She said flabbergasted. "You speak Katherine."
Before Katherine could comment on it, Rebekah came back and handed Bonnie the box. "Thank you." She gave her a smile. "You're welcome. So, what did I miss." She asked curiously.
"I'll take the flag…I'm not sure about the rest." Elena said and glanced at Katherine.
Bonnie pulled five talismans, which looked like earrings out of the box. She laid them on the coffee table and whispered something in Latin. The earrings started to glow for a minute. "What did you do?" Caroline asked. Bonnie handed each of them one earring. "Put them on, they'll work like walkie-talkies."
"That is amazing." Rebekah said and put hers on. "I just have to put a name spell on it. Means, every time you'll say the name of one of us, you can speak to her."
"That is totally cool, Bonnie." Elena said amazed.
"Ohohohoh!" Caroline was totally antsy. "How about codenames? I would love codenames!"
Bonnie exchanged a few looks with the others who didn't seem to like the idea very much, but knowing Caroline it would only mean another drama if she didn't get her way. "Fine, I'll spell it with codenames."
"We're so gonna cheat!" Damon said determined. "I don't know man…" Tyler said. "We promised them not to use our powers."
Matt, who joined them agreed.
Damon rolled his eyes. "Idiots. They have Katherine, means she'll corrupt them into cheating anyways."
"That's a good point." Tyler said. "We'll cheat."
"We need a flag." Matt stood up and grabbed some blue fabric. "I can make one for us."
Damon said down in a chair and crossed his arms. "Guys, we need a plan. They'll sure have one."
"Okay…" Jeremy agreed. "You're the one who was in the army…so what's the plan, sir?" he asked amused.
Damon closed his eyes for a moment and thought about it. Sure it was just a game, but it was also a fight to defend the male honor. "They'll sure expect us that Tyler or me will have the flag. It's the obvious choice because we can speed away."
"So, we'll give it either to Matt or Jeremy." Tyler suggested. Damon shook his head. "No, way too easy. I know Katherine and her way to scheme things. She'll guess that we do something like that."
Jeremy understood what he meant. "So, it's still you or Tyler, right?"
Damon nodded. "Smart, Gilbert, you just sated the obvious."
Tyler relaxed in his chair. "So…we're flipping a coin?"
"No…I'll take it. You're half wolf, your even faster than I am…so –"Damon said.
"So they'll expect him to have it." Matt finished the sentence. Damon actually didn't notice him until then. "You're here, too?" he asked confused.
"Yes….almost the whole time." Matt said slightly hurt. Damon shrugged. He didn't care for the boy at all. "Now that we've got it sat…how about some booze to relax?"
"No." Jeremy said annoyed. One drunk at home was already enough for him. Tyler suddenly jumped on his feet and left the room. When he returned he had a small box in his hands. "I've got something useful." He said with a grin and opened the box. "My father gave it to me for my tenth birthday, a bunch of walkie-talkies."
"Actually clever, Lockwood." Damon acknowledged. "So the Snow Wars can begin."
"Wait!" Jeremy said. "What about codenames? In all movies they always use codenames."
"That would be cool." Matt agreed. Damon rolled his eyes. "I'm calling you two Pumpkin and Honey Bunny."
"It's Snow Wars, right?" Tyler said. "How about Star Wars codenames?"
Damon still hated the idea, but better Star Wars than any other shit. "Fine. Then we have Jer2D2, Jabba the Hybrid and Useless Skywalker."
"I'm not useless!" Matt complained. Damon laughed. "Sure, believe what you want."
Jeremy was actually fine with his name and Tyler was not in the mood to complain about it, it was just a game for fun, nothing serious. "What's your name?" he asked Damon.
Damon smirked. "Lord Vader, course."
"Yeah….of course" Tyler repeated annoyed.
When Alaric woke up no one was home. He got dressed in almost clean clothes and almost decided to shave. He walked upstairs. No Elena meant no one could take the eggnog away from him. He giggled like a little girl and went to the cabinet were he kept his alcohol. He really missed the taste of his eggnog and it was the only thing that helped him through the holiday madness and let him forget his pain over losing Jenna a bit.
He opened the cabin and froze. There was no booze at all. Elena hid it somewhere. He yawned. He wasn't in the mood for searching. Probably she took it with her to the Boarding House or worse she tossed it away.
He walked nervously up and down. Technically he was still kinda grounded, but since he was the adult in this house, he hadn't to listen to what she said. He grabbed his jacket and made his way to the Grill.
"The hour passed. Let the games begin!" Caroline said cheerful. They decided to spilt up. Elena would stay near the Boarding House and keep they flag save. Katherine would go to the Grill. Rebekah covered the area around the Gilbert residence and Bonnie stayed near the park. Caroline was walking to the Lockwood mansion. It was silent. Too silent. She touched her earring. "Catwoman, Baby Spice here, can you hear me?"
"Here's Catwoman, found anything yet?"
Caroline looked around again. "No…no one is here. I'll check the backyard."
Rebekah jumped on the rooftop of the Gilbert house and hoped no one would see her. It was still snowing and someone it was getting more and more. She needed to cover her eyes. From the corner of her eye she saw someone moving towards her. "Warrior Princess, Sleeping Beauty calling, can you hear me?"
"I can hear you, Sleeping Beauty."
"I am at your house and someone's coming. Looks like Tyler to me." Rebekah explained. "I am going to check it out."
"Be careful, Sleeping Beauty. Warrior Princess out."
Matt walked to the Grill. He expected at least one of them to be there. He walked around a corner and bumped into someone. "Excuse me I –" he stared at her. "You!"
"Hello prom date." Katherine said and looked like a hungry lioness. "Catwoman here, Glinda, got one."
Matt gulped. He was glad he was not the one carrying the flag. Katherine still intimidated him. He grabbed his walkie-talkie. "I found Katherine, Lord Vader."
"Roger. I don't think she has it, but keep her busy."
Matt gulped again. How should he keep her busy. Before he could react she speeded around him, throwing snowballs like a machine. "Stop….please….help." It was sucked not to have any superpowers.
"Tyler." Rebekah said.
"Rebekah." Tyler said.
They stared at each other. There was no noise at all. Rebekah's hands were sweaty. She couldn't make out if he had the flag. Tyler felt the same way. He knew, one wrong move and she had him. They both circled each other. And then lightning-fast the both formed a snowball. "C'mon, Bex. Make your move." Tyler challenged her.
She smiled. "After you, darling."
It was like some old Western showdown. Both waited for their chance to win. Tyler raised his hand and so did Rebekah. "One has to make the first movie." Tyler said and threw the snowball. Rebekah reacted fast and both snowballs crashed together.
"Not what I expected." Tyler said scratched his cheek. Rebekah just laughed.
Bonnie sat down on a park bench. The wind blow harder and the snow was getting more and more. It looked like a storm was coming up.
"Hey Glinda, it's Baby Spice. I'm bored no one attacks me."
Bonnie wanted to answer her, but suddenly she was tackled to the ground and all over covered with snow. She shrieked.
"Got'cha!" Jeremy said and smiled. Bonnie tried to push him away, but he was too strong. Jeremy grabbed for his walkie-talkie. "Jer2D2 here, I've got Bonnie, but she has not flag. What now, Lord Vader?"
"Keep her there, I know exactly where the flag is. We so win this!"
Jeremy grinned at her. "We already won." He said triumphantly. "Don't be so sure." Bonnie said and a strong blast threw him off of her.
He landed with his head buried in a mountain of snow. He tried to free himself but he was stuck. "So about much about winning." Bonnie said.
Elena played nervously with the flag in her hands. She looked around like she got some paranoia. She hadn't heard from the others for a while now. The boys must have attacked them.
"I knew you have it." Damon suddenly appeared in front of her and tried to take the flag. Elena smirked. "Sorry." She said sweetly and took a step backwards. Damon didn't know what exactly happened. Suddenly the ground was all shaky and the next moment he sat in a whole. "What the fuck?" he yelled. Elena looked down and smiled the sweetest smile ever. "Don't pout, Damon." She said and formed a snowball. "It doesn't suit you." She threw it into his face.
"You built a trap?" He asked a bit shocked.
"It was actually Rebekah's idea." Elena said. "I never guessed you would fall for it." She giggled and threw another snowball at him. Damon turned around and Elena saw the blue flag looking out of his pants pocket. She was absolutely sure now she would win this fight.
Damon jumped out f the whole and tried to grab her. Suddenly someone tackled him down. "Run!" Katherine shouted. Damon pushed her away. "Eat some snow!" he threw a snowball into her face. He searched for Matt who was supposed to keep her busy. "Hmmm." He heard. Behind him lay Matt on the frozen ground. Bound and gagged. "Great job, Useless Skywalker."
Elena tried to escape, but Tyler jumped in front of him. "Not so fast, give me the flag!"
"Attack!" Caroline shouted and she and Rebekah both jumped on Tyler's back making him fall to the ground.
"Guys! I've got Jeremy!" Bonnie ran to the house and dragged Jeremy along with her. "What's going on?" she asked.
"Big showdown." Katherine said.
Elena and Damon were circling each other. She band the flag around her wrist, Damon still wore his in his pocket. "Just you and me, honey." He said and thought she had absolutely no chance. "This is so unfair!" Caroline. "She has no chance when he uses his speed."
"Come on, Elena." Damon said and walked towards her. "Give me the flag."
Elena took a deep breath and smiled at him. "Okay." She said.
"Okay?" Katherine asked in a shock. "What does she mean with okay?" She looked at Bonnie who was just as confused as her.
"Maybe she was too long outside in the cold." Rebekah suggested.
Damon smirked. "Good girl." He said. Elena softly touched his chest. "But first, I want you…to do me a favor." She looked up to him. "Kiss me."
Damon's jaw dropped. "What?"
She softly touched his cheek. "I don't care about the game anymore, just one kiss please."
He gulped. Tyler was still lying on the ground and watched the scene suspiciously. "Don't listen to her Damon, that's –" he couldn't finish his sentence. Caroline pushed his face into the snow. "Shut up!" she hissed.
"Please Damon, kiss me." Elena begged. How could he say no? He leaned closer. Elena wrapped her arms around him. The softly slid down his back. Damon closed his eyes. His lips were almost touching hers. "You lost."Elena whispered sweetly.
Damon opened his eyes, not really understanding. "What?"
Elena lifted the blue flag up. He stared at it. Then he reached into his pocket. "You tricked me" He said in disbelief.
Elena started to laugh and ran back to the other girls. They all screamed and ran around. "We won! We won!" Caroline sang and gave Bonnie a high five.
"Dude, that was stupid." Jeremy said and clapped Damon's back. "She tricked me." Damon said again. "Guys, I think he's caught in some continuous loop." He snapped his finger's in front of him. "Dude….wake up."
Tyler got up and tried to free Matt, but damn Katherine knew what she was doing.
Elena got back to Damon and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek. "I'm sorry, but you gave to agree it was brilliant!"
Katherine wrapped her arm around Elena. "You're a true Petrova, girl." She looked maliciously at Damon. "Men are so easy to manipulate."
Stefan felt silly. He walked through a forest. It was snowing like hell. He was totally lost. And his only company was a wolf.
Klaus howled. "What are you complaining about?" Stefan asked annoyed. The wolf looked to the sky and back to Stefan.
"I know it's snowing a lot. But at least you have a pelt! I'm the one freezing here."
Klaus growled. "Okay, okay you're right it's my own fault."
Stefan put his hands into his pocket. The storm was getting worse, he couldn't see anything anymore. "Next time, I will just kill someone and steel their car. No more forests."
Klaus barked satisfied. Stefan sighed. The situation was definitely awkward.
"So, what do we get for winning?" Caroline asked.
"So there's a prize?" Jeremy didn't remember they talked about something like that. "There's always a prize." Rebekah answered.
Damon slowly recovered from his shock. "What do you want?" he asked the girl's annoyed.
Katherine looked at Caroline. "We'll let you know." They said in unison and giggled.
"Whatever." Damon said and couldn't belief he fell for Elena's trick. It was such a shame.
"What now?" Jeremy asked. "I've got to. My shift starts in fifteen minutes." Matt said.
Damon raised an eyebrow. "You're still here?"
Matt wanted to say something put Tyler pulled him back. Damon was a bad loser and Matt better should not provoke him. "I come with you, we can play some pool when you've your break." He looked at Caroline. "You're come, too?"
She shook her head. "No, I need a few things from home and then I've got something to do."
He kissed her cheek. "Have fun." She smiled and disappeared. "I'll join you." Katherine said. "I need a strong drink to celebrate the victory!"
"You know that you've to pretend to be Elena, right?" Tyler asked. He wasn't sure if he liked her company at all. "Sure, sure…." Katherine said annoyed.
Bonnie took Jeremy's hand. "How about we go home to your house and just talk. It's like we haven't been alone in ages."
Jeremy smiled uneasy and looked at Damon. He didn't know what to do. Maybe it was the right time to tell Bonnie that he saw no future in their relationship. Damon shrugged. He couldn't help him with that.
When everyone else was gone, Damon, Elena and Rebekah went back inside. "How about a movie?" Elena asked.
"Okay…" Damon said and knew she would watch something he disliked, because that was always the case.
"I'm sorry, but I have to go to school." Rebekah said and grabbed her bag. Damon raised an eyebrow. "To school? Now?"
"Yes. The Mystic Falls High prepares one of the wagons for the Christmas Parade and I volunteered to help." She explained.
Elena went to the kitchen to make some popcorn. "I think Caroline will be there, too." She said and knew it would be another power struggle for them. She was afraid what will happen when the campaigns for the Prom Queen will start.
"Probably." Rebekah said.
"Why do it anyways?" Damon asked. "For your college application?" he joked. To Rebekah it was actually no joke at all. She really thought about attending college next summer. It was the first time in thousand years that she wasn't running from someone. She was free to do everything she always wanted to do and experience a normal human life. "It is my first year at High School and means I want to be on every page of the yearbook, so I'll do everything that will be mentioned."
She said goodbye to Elena and left the house.
When she reached school, Caroline was already there. But it was only her so far.
"Is no one else coming?" she asked. Caroline was already annoyed by her appearance. "Hopefully." She snapped and started to paint a part of the wagon.
Damon and Elena fell on the couch. "What are watching?" he asked.
"The Santa Claus" Elena said and started the DVD. "With Tool Time Tim Allen?"
Elena snuggled against him. "One of my favorite Christmas movies. Don't make fun of it."
Damon grabbed some popcorn. "Never." The movie started and the watched in silence.
"Sorry." Elena said suddenly. "It was mean…what I did to win."
Damon softly kissed her forehead. "No…it was clever." Elena smiled, she was glad he wasn't mad at her.
Outside the blizzard was getting worse and worse, no one noticed it, but soon they would be all snowed in.
