"Amazing party, right?" Shiloh said, folding her arms over her chest.

"What's with the sour look than?" Damon asked. The two were at the party Caroline had planned at the grill.

"I saw you talking to Caroline." She glared up at him.

"Yeah, me and your sister are friends now. BFF. If you don't mind, I have business to attend to." Damon said.

"I do mind! I want you to take the compulsion off me. Please." Shiloh said.

"Since you asked nicely." Damon grinned charmingly.

"Anything I compelled you to do before, is no longer important, you don't need to obey it anymore." Damon said, looking into her eyes.

"Thank you." Shiloh said.

"You're welcome. You know, I like you, you're polit." Damon said.

"I believe you had business to attend to." Shiloh mocked.

"I do. You can come with me." Damon said, throwing his arm over Shiloh and almost dragging up to the bar.

"Where's my brother?" He asked Lexi once they were standing next to her.

"He said he'd meet me here." Lexi answered. "Whose this?"

"Shiloh, I'm the sister of the girl he's taking advantage of." Shiloh introduced her.

"Sounds like you could use a drink." Lexi smiled.

"Drinks on me-" Damon began to offer but Lexi cut him off.

"Come on, sweetie, I'll get us a round."

"I can't believe you got Stefan to dance." Shiloh laughed as her and Lexi made their way off the dance floor and to a pool table where Stefan is waiting.

"So, you know about our little secret?" Lexi asked, grabbing a pool stick and handing another to Shiloh.

"Wait, you're a-" Shiloh looked around to make sure no one was listening. "A vampire?" She asked.

"Yup." Lexi said, popping the P. "Even older than this spaz is."

"Be nice." Stefan said playfully. "It's my birthday."

"Happy birthday by the way." Shiloh said.

"I think we should celebrate!" Lexi declared.

"We're at a party, aren't we?" Stefan pointed out.

"Not enough!" Lexi said, grabbing Shiloh's arm. "We will be back with shots!" She said, pulling the other blond over to the bar. "Three shots of tequila." Lexi said, glancing over at Elena. "Make that Four." She added.

"I need to see some ID." The bartender said.

"No you don't." Lexi told him.

"That'll be..."

"Free!" Lexi finished for him.

"On the house."

"Thanks!" Lexi said, taking to of the shots. "Shy, can you take the other two back to Stefan, make sure he takes his first." She warned.

"Sure. Thanks, Lexi." Shiloh said, heading back to the pool table and handing Stefan his shot.

"Where's Lexi?" He asked. Shiloh nodded towards the blond who was making her way over to Elena.

"Drink." She ordered. Stefan smiled a bit at her and downed his shot. Shiloh followed his lead, then picked up her pool stick and the two picked up their game.

"So, you don't uh, hate me anymore, do you?" Stefan asked.

"I'm sorry about that, Stefan. I was just... worried about my sister. ... And kinda scared." Shiloh said. "We cool?" She asked, holding up her fist.

"Yeah." Stefan smirked, bumping her fist.

"So, as a vampire, you must be able to hear what those two are saying, right?" Shiloh asked.

"Well, yeah." Stefan said.

"And you've totally be listening the entire time. A guilty smile slipped on Stefan's face.

"Back!" Lexi announced, grabbing a pool stick. "Hope you didn't miss me to much."

"Thank you." Stefan said.

"You weren't supposed to be listening." Lexi said. "I was feeling epic, whatever."

"Hi!" Elena said. joining the group.

"Hey, you came." Stefan grinned.

"And that's our cue." Shiloh said, pulling Lexi away by the arm.

"I know just where to go." Lexi smirked, walking up to the bar and ordering three shots.

"Why three?" Shiloh asked.

"Come along, we're talking to a common enemy." Lexi said, leading the way over to Damon and sliding the drink to him.

"All right, the shots are a bribe. I need you to answer a question. What are you really doing in Mystic Falls?" Lexi asked.

"Have you tried The Brittle. It wins award." Damon said, ignoring her question.

"Cut the crap." Lexi demanded.

"Okay, I have a diabolical master plan." Damon smirked lazily.

"What is it?" Lexi asked.

"If I told you it wouldn't be very diabolical, now would it?" Damon asked.

"Well, this is gonna be a long night." Shiloh sighed, downing her shot.

"Mom?!" Shiloh cried in horror as her mother injected Lexi with a needle.

"What are you doing?!" Damon asked.

"Damon, keep Shiloh in here, please." Liz said. "I'll explain later.

"Damon! Let go! We have to do something! We have to help her!" Shiloh said, pushing Damon away from her.

"I'm sorry, Shiloh. It's all part of the plan." Damon shrugged.

"Damon, I can't lose someone else. Not like so soon. Not like this. Please." Shiloh begged.

Liz backed up quickly as Lexi slapped the gun away from her forcefully, dark veins sprung to life under her eyes. Out of nowhere, a gunshot rung out. Lexi stumbled backwards with the force of the bullet and into the shadows. "Mom?"

"Shiloh?" Liz turned to her daughter in shock. "Shiloh, sweetie, put down the gun." The sheriff gently took the gun from Shiloh's trembling hands.

"I just shot someone. I just shot Lexi." Shiloh said, a tear falling from her eye. "Did I just kill someone, Mom?" She asked. "I wanna go home." She said before her mom could answer. "I'm gonna go home."

"You can't, you shouldn't walk home in this state." Liz said. "And I have to stay and take care of this."

"I'll get Damon to drive me home." Shiloh said, hurrying back towards the grill but taking a sharp left and heading up an alleyway where Damon and Lexi were waiting.

"What the hell is going on?" Lexi asked, still weak from the vervain.

"I was gonna ask the same thing." Shiloh said.

"Vervain." Damon said. "Come on, we have to get you out of here before the sheriff comes looking for you."

"Just give me a second." Lexi said, stumbling a little.

"What's wrong with her? Will it wear off?" Shiloh asked.

"She just needs a little blood in her system." Damon said. "But right now, we don't have time to stop, we have to get Lexi out of town. Now."

"Take some of mine." Shiloh offered, rolling up her sleeve.

"I can't." Lexi said.

"You have to get out of town, my Mom's already looking for you." Shiloh said. "Just take some. I trust you." Shiloh assured her. Damon watched on with interest but said nothing as Lexi finally accepted the offered wrist and drank. She pulled back after a while and Shiloh covered the bite mark with her hand to conceal the blood.

"Thank you." Lexi said. "Both of you. I never thought Damon would actually help me."

"Don't make me regret it." Damon said. "I kinda owed you anyway." He added with a roll of his icy blue eyes.

"Stefan." Lexi said suddenly remembering the reason she had even come to town.

"I'll tell him what happened, don't worry." Shiloh assured her. "Now go, before my mom finds you."

"Thanks again, guys. I'll see ya around." Lexi winked.

"Take care, Lexi." Shiloh smiled, hugging the girl. "And make sure you text me."

"I will. Goodbye." And with that, Lexi was gone. Damon and Shiloh stood in silence for a while, watching the spot where Lexi had been. Damon sighed before finally turning to walk away.

"Damon?"

"Yeah?"

"Thanks."