The Undeveloped Story

Taking all what others have hassled
Looking back to darker days getting me down
And if this is chaos,
I think that I'm in love with clamor
Tides are turning
Never understood my undeveloped story
But it makes sense to me, you make sense to me

When it all falls down, I'll still be right here
When it all falls down, we'll still be right here
Once in a lifetime, I could feel this way
Once in a lifetime, you could feel it too

-Anberlin

The liquor was flowing, in both parts of the house. They boys had moved to the library in Damon's wing when the bottle of scotch was suddenly empty. Damon found a bottle of tequila and soon there was music and easy conversation.

"Dude, why are you fighting with her already? You could have just talked to her. She understands you have a past" Jeremy told Damon, if anyone could give him advice about Elena, it was him.

"Yeah, you pulled a little bitch act with her earlier" Stefan agreed, visibly intoxicated and blunt in his words.

"Hey bro, your opinion really doesn't count here" Damon told him with a smirk but Stefan just shrugged, he didn't care.

"Well yeah I'm a little biased but I can still help you. Damon, I love her. All that means these days is that I want her to be happy. I can already tell she is happier with you then she was with me. I have accepted it" Stefan admitted getting a shocked expression from both Damon and Jeremy.

Jeremy spoke first, "That's good, 'cause if I know Elena, and believe me I do, she will want to be your friend Stefan. And you" he pointed to Damon, "she loves you. But my sister is crazy about honesty. If she thinks you're hiding something from her, she won't stop until she knows it. I mean just ask Stefan, how do you think she found out about what you two are" he explained.

"I always thought you told her voluntarily" Damon told Stefan and he shook his head sloppily in response. "Nope, turns out she did news research that placed me in a video from the '50's when there was an "animal attack" at the house. That was the night you got out of the basement" Stefan explained and Damon was surprised. That conversation stopped there, no one wanted to continue with it, it would just lead to Vicki.

"So, how are things with Anna?" Stefan asked Jeremy.

"They are good. I mean the blood thing isn't an issue because of her control but she feels bad that I will have to change eventually to be with her. She wishes she was human" Jeremy explained and Stefan nodded, completely understanding that wish. Damon remained silent.

"What about you? How long do you think Elena will wait before having you change her?" Stefan asked his brother.

"I don't know. I'm hoping not until her early twenties so she knows that it's what she really wants. I mean I doubt she wants to be a teenager for all of eternity. 'Cause you speak so highly of it" Damon finished with a laugh at his brother who smiled along.

"What do you think she will do Jer?" Damon asked.

"She will probably wait a couple years, as long as nothing drastic happens. If she has the option. She might be put in a situation where she doesn't get a choice. Especially with Katherine after her" Jeremy reasoned.

"What makes you so sure Katherine's after Elena?" Stefan wondered. Nothing they had said so far indicated Katherine hunting Elena. "Well, think about Katherine's perspective, she came here for you. You don't want her, you used to but you don't now. What's different? You love Elena. She must think Elena is the only reason you don't want her" Jeremy explained, "Oh and by the way, what did you do to piss off Katherine so bad that she killed Caroline to start a war?"

Stefan paused, not sure how to answer. Damon cut him off, "He fucked her, then kicked her out".

"Oh damn, nice move. How was it?" Jeremy asked in true guy fashion. Any other time Stefan would have ignored the question but he had some liquid confidence.

"It was hot. We were always good together but it was like she was trying to convince me to let her stay. It made it that much better, but then I yelled and screamed at her and kicked her out" Stefan explained with a shrug. Damon was zoning, thinking about the conversation and envisioning how Katherine must have looked when he told her to get out. It was very gratifying to think about, she deserved everything she got. "Yeah, I heard the comment about her expecting the fuck and run attitude from me but not you, I laughed. She sounded pissed and shocked. It was awesome" Damon remembered and all the guys laughed.

Meanwhile in the kitchen, the girls were doing more drinking and a lot less cooking. Ami had successfully raided the liquor cabinet, finding rum and tequila. They were drinking rum and cokes with the occasional tequila shot. Definitely not a good mix for the human.

"So there is nothing in this kitchen to cook. You should probably just order a pizza Elena, and soon before you are stumbling drunk" Ami told her. She shook her head, "Hell no. I don't need food, I just wanna get drunk. I had a shitty day, I deserve to get drunk" Elena reasoned, only buzzed, for now.

"You had a bad day? At least you woke up with your heart still beating" Caroline almost yelled, not really mad just emotionally high strung from the change. She had already downed half the bottle of rum on her own. Anna and Ami both looked at her in understanding, "It will get better and we will be here for you every step of the way. You should probably talk to Damon and Stefan about living here for a while until you can control yourself" Anna told her and Caroline smiled. She finally felt like she belonged somewhere and it felt good.

"Yeah Caroline, you should be here while you are dealing with this. We can all help you deal" Elena agreed feeling partly responsible for Caroline's transformation. "Lets have a toast" Ami said while placing four shot glasses on the counter and pouring tequila in all of them. She moved the limes into the middle of the table for those who might need chasers. "To Caroline's transformation, lets make it a positive one and to new friends" Ami said, all of their shots in the air. They downed them and reached for limes, biting them quickly.

"Okay so who has a question to ask the new girl" Ami asked after their shots, obviously trying to break the ice. Caroline started, "So I heard the friends with benefits conversation earlier about Damon, does that only pertain to one Salvatore?"

"Oh god no, I never slept with Stefan. He is like brother status. We are really close friends, and so are me and Damon, it's just that there aren't many female friends Damon has that he hasn't slept with at one point" Ami answered and Elena poured herself another shot. Anna snorted, "Well considering I'm the only girl here who hasn't slept with him, that doesn't surprise me" she handed her glass to Elena who filled it again. They bumped their glasses and downed the shots.

Ami raised an eyebrow at Caroline, "you too huh?" she asked.

"Yep, he was hot. I was lonely. Then he used me as a portable blood bank and compelled me to forget" she explained. "Ughh, I'm sorry. That sucks. At least the sex was good though right" Ami continued and Caroline shook her head violently, "Oh yeah. So good" she answered.

"Okay, okay. I get it. My boyfriend is good in bed. Can we drop it now" Elena begged and the girls laughed.

"Okay well if we aren't allowed to talk about sex with Damon, what about sex with Stefan?" Ami taunted, looking from Elena to Caroline.

"That would be a pretty one sided conversation considering I am the only one here who has had sex with Stefan" Elena responded, getting a confused look from Ami.

"Really, I could have sworn that Caroline was on that list" Ami answered.

Caroline blushed, "nope. I had a huge crush on him when he first got here but he wanted Elena and now he is helping me with my transition because he feels responsible. He's a good friend" she explained and Elena smiled.

"What's that look for Elena?" Caroline accused and Elena smiled wider.

"You know Care, you and Stefan would be a really cute couple" Elena said. All the girls looked a Caroline expectantly; she looked down and pushed her shot glass toward Elena, avoiding her gaze.

"I give it a week and they will be making out" Anna bet and Ami nodded in agreement.

Caroline stood up from her bar stool and grabbed the tequila bottle; "Let's hope so" was all she said before she walked into the living room, finding the stereo. She cranked it up, the song "Give a Little More" by Maroon 5 blaring through the room and all the girls dancing around together. Elena grabbed Ami's hand and spun her around then she backed up into Caroline. The girls didn't notice when Damon, Stefan and Jeremy walked in the door and stood watching them.

Elena spun around again and immediately felt his eyes on her, she looked up to see Damon's lustful gaze. She tapped Ami of the shoulder and she looked over at the boys. Ami looked at Elena mischievously before saying, "let's put on a show" and all three girls nodded. Ami hit the stereo and "My Chick Bad" by Ludacris came on. Ami grabbed Elena and pushed her back into her front, she placed her hands on her hips and they grinded back and forth to the beat. Anna and Caroline followed suit.

Ami decided to lay it on thick, she let her hands travel up Elena's sides and moved her hair away from her neck, giving Damon the perfect view of all of Elena's curves. Jeremy walked over to Caroline and took the bottle of tequila from her. He walked to the kitchen and poured three shots, each guy getting one. "If you can't beat um, join um" Jeremy said before downing the shot and going to dance with Anna. Stefan looked at his brother before downing his shot and going to dance with Caroline.

Elena continued to grind with Ami when Pitbull came one, she turned to face her singing "I know you want me" at the top of their lungs. Elena's back was to Damon and she knew he was watching. She continued to swing her hip in a cha-cha fashion and spin Ami.

Damon sat on the couch watching her intently. She was taunting him and he was enjoying even second of it. Ami would place her hands on Elena's hip and sway them back and forth to the beat. He wished more than anything that it was his hands but even while drunk and horny, he was still stubborn. The song ended and Anna, Jeremy and Caroline all walked back to the kitchen to do more shots. Elena jumped up and down when "Let it Rock" by Kevin Rudolf came on, she was in love with the beat. She started to dance with Stefan and Ami. She grabbed both of their hands and they danced in a triangle.

Damon was fuming. He wanted to get up and be with his girl friend, to make her let go of his brother. But he stayed in this spot, fists clenched. When "shot's" by LMFAO finally came on and they all made their way to the kitchen, Elena as the ring leader.

"Okay, so who's doing shots?" she asked loudly and everyone reached for a shot glass.

"Ladies, I think we should let the men go first, let them catch up. What do we think?" she asked the group and all the ladies laughed and handed the three men the glasses.

Damon did three, Jeremy did two and Stefan did one. Elena looked over at Stefan, "really, only one. Wow, Stef. I'm disappointed" she teased and downed her own shot in his face.

Elena poured the girls shots and they downed theirs fast and did three more rounds, they were obviously showing up the men. Damon walked over to Elena and grabbed the bottle, "How about body shots?" he said in her ear. She shivered involuntarily and nodded.

Elena looked at him seductively, "which body part? Neck? Belly?" she asked slightly lifting up her t-shirt to show off her flat belly. "Oh definitely belly" he answered lifting her up on the island, laying her down. Jeremy and Anna walked back to the living room, not really wanting to see his sister doing body shots.

Elena lifted up her shirt and tucked it into her bra. She also stuck the shot glass in her cleavage and put a lime in her mouth. Stefan looked envious and Ami looked amused, this is what she was hoping for. Ami felt bad that they were fighting because of her appearance, so she broke out the liquor earlier hoping to resolve things with them.

Damon looked Elena over hungrily. As if on queue, the song "Let Me Blow Your Mind" by Eve and Gwen Stefani started blaring through the house, the sexy rhythm setting the scene perfectly. Ami pushed Damon away from the set up, she licked Elena's stomach before coating it with salt, then helping her fit the shot glass snugly between her breasts. Then Damon went for it, he slowly licked the salt off of Elena's belly, from the top of her jeans to her belly button. Then he moved up to her chest, wrapping his lips around the shot glass and pulling it out of her bra. He removed the shot glass from his mouth and went for the lime in her mouth, slowly kissing her before pulling away with the lime slice.

Elena hopped down from the counter and looked around, "Whose next? Caroline? How about you and Stefan?" she asked hopefully and Ami smirked at her. Stefan looked over at Caroline and saw her hesitance. His liquid confidence showing up again as he walked towards her, whispering in her ear, "I'm up for it if you are". She nodded and walked over to the island counter. Elena set her up, licking her tummy for the salt and positioning the shot glass between her boobs. Stefan didn't hesitate, he licked her belly and wrapped his lips around the shot glass like a pro, then he grabbed the lime from her mouth, lingering for a second in a soft kiss and then pulling away with the lime slice. Caroline jumped down from the island and smiled at him, "You wanna dance?" she asked him and he nodded. They walked into the living room, Ami followed wanting to leave Damon and Elena alone.

Elena poured herself two shots and did one after the other, still not drunk enough to deal with him right now.

"So are you ever gonna talk to me? Or do I need to come back when the bottle's empty?" he asked with a small smile. She didn't smile back, "Damon, I'm not the one who refuses to talk. That's you. Maybe you need this more than I do" she said, hanging him another shot. He drank it quickly and looked back at her. "I don't know what you want me to say" he told her. She shook her head in disbelief, "how about we start with why you wouldn't talk earlier in the door way" she started and he nodded.

"I was mad at you for turning it into a game instead of just talking to me. You brought it up in front of Ami and Stefan, Anna and Caroline heard it. That should have been a conversation for when we are alone" he responded filling two more shot glasses. She took one.

"Okay so you have no problem airing everyone else's dirty laundry but not your own. You tried to throw Stefan under the bus in front of everyone about Katherine today" she reasoned and he looked back at her, slightly angry.

"Are you seriously defending Stefan right now? He has nothing to do with this" Damon said.

"I'm just making a point okay, probably not the best time but whatever. Look if I freaked out every time we were in the presence of a woman you have slept with, I would probably drive myself crazy. I mean I'm sure you have the same issue with Stefan and Matt and if Lucas ever showed up again…" she rambled, the alcohol definitely affecting her thoughts to words connection. Damon looked up at her shocked, "who the hell is Lucas?" he asked. She shook her head trying to clear it.

"Old boyfriend, anyways we can have this conversation tomorrow when I'm sober okay. But for now, lets just promise to be honest when it comes to this issue in the future" she asked and he nodded.

"But I want the Lucas explanation in the morning, okay?" he asked while pulling her close, making it so there was no room between them and Elena agreed before looking up to kiss him.

"Yeah, the alcohol made you guys make up" Ami yelled while walking into the kitchen, a big smile on her face. Elena smiled at her before walking out of the kitchen and back the living room where the two couples were dancing. Damon and Elena joined them and Ami walked over to the iPod trying to switch up the mood of the evening. She picked after a few minutes, "Find Your Love" by Drake came on and Elena smiled over at her.

Elena grabbed Damon's hands and placed them on her hips, she wrapped her arms around his neck, pressing her forehead to his and swaying her hips for him to feel. She sang along, "I bet if I give all my love then nothing's gonna tare us apart", she smiled up at him and he bent down to kiss her, ignoring everyone in the room.

When they finally pulled away, the whole room was staring at them and the music had been cut after the song. Ami smiled at them, "Well, we should all probably find bedrooms so the happy couple can find theirs" she told everyone and Jeremy and Anna were first to take off up the stairs. Stefan turned off the stereo and some of the lights before walking upstairs with Caroline and Ami, to the untrained eye, he would have looked like a total playboy in that moment.

Damon took Elena's hand and led her up the stairs and to his bedroom, she was drunk. The shots caught up to her quickly and her eyes were heavy lidded from exhaustion. She threw herself onto his bed fully clothed and immediately closed her eyes, passing out. He fixed the comforter and started to make her comfortable, taking off her shoes and jeans, her shirt and her bra. He covered her up with the blankets and quickly got himself ready for bed. Minutes later he was crawling in bad next to her. He smiled to himself when she immediately rolled over and laid her head on his chest, snuggling her whole body into him. He fell asleep listening to her even breathing.

Elena woke up half naked and alone the next morning. Damon was no where to be seen and her head was killing her. She got out of bed and threw on the pajamas she should have worn the night before then she walked down the hall to finally get her shampoo and conditioner from Stefan's room. She found the bottles on the floor by the bathroom door, where she had dropped them yesterday when Ami had attacked her. She grabbed them and turned around; she immediately smiled to herself at what she saw.

Caroline was in Stefan's bed sound asleep wearing nothing but his black t-shirt. The bathroom door behind her opened and she turned around to see Stefan in a towel. She smirked at him, "Wow, a lot can change when we give this group a bottle of tequila" she chuckled while walking toward his door. Stefan never said anything, he just watched her leave.

Elena walked back to Damon's room and showered. She came down stairs forty five minutes later, smelling breakfast. "Damn vampires don't have any freaking aspirin in this house" she mumbled as she walked into the kitchen to grab a plate of pancakes and eggs.

Damon smiled to her, "good morning to you too love. How are we feeling?"

"Ugh, I have a huge headache, my body aches and I feel like tequila is coming out of my pours" she answered while Ami walked in putting a bottle of aspirin on the counter, "I found them in a spare bathroom, god only knows how old they are" she offered and Elena grasped the bottle and took three quickly.

"Thank you Ami, these were actually mine, I stayed in that room when Stefan was locked in the basement. I forgot I left them their. Oh and by the way, I should have bet you on the whole Stefan and Caroline thing, they didn't need a week" Elena told her new friend. Ami sat at the bar stool across from Elena, eager for the gossip, "Okay what did you see?" she asked.

"Well, I went into Stefan's room to finally get my hair care products. This is the third time I've tried, by the way. And Caroline is in his bed wearing nothing but his black t-shirt. Stefan was just getting out of the shower" Elena explained.

Damon smirked at her, "okay someone is being a total hypocrite right now, airing someone else's dirty laundry. Ring any bells Elena?"

Elena rolled her eyes, "yeah whatever" she deflected, knowing he was right before turning back to Ami, "Anyways, pretty great right?"

Ami nodded, "Yeah, I like her. She will be good for Stefan. Keep him having fun and in a good mood. Oh shhh, here they come" Ami and Elena both shut up and all three of them looked up to see Stefan and Caroline walking down the stairs hand in hand.

"Anybody ever tell you you've got a big mouth Elena?" Caroline asked with a small smile.

"Nope, but I hear that about you all the time" she joked back and Caroline feigned hurt. Jeremy and Anna walked down the stairs ten minutes later and they all quickly ate breakfast before the vampires went down to the basement to find the stored blood bags. Elena and Jeremy waited in the living room for about fifteen minutes before the rest of the group came back. They all sat together a quickly picked up meaningless conversations before Elena brought up something that created total silence.

"Hey Ami, what did you mean yesterday when you called me a spelled doppelganger?" she asked, remembering a few things she had said that no one had addressed.

She seemed reluctant to start the conversation. The whole room quieted and froze at her sudden change in demeanor. "Elena, you know it's not a coincidence that you look just like her. If we could Bonnie back over here, I think that will help, you have to be in the Grimoire" Ami seemed to become distracted by her thoughts, her voice died off and she was silent.

Damon was getting aggravated, "Ami, why on earth would Elena be in Emily's Grimoire?"

Elena looked worried all of a sudden, she wasn't sure she wanted to know this yet. Ami continued, "She was the product of a very powerful spell. Elena, you were put on this earth for one purpose and one purpose only, to destroy Katherine. You're the only one that can".

Elena went rigid on the couch, suddenly she bolt up and ran to the bathroom muttering something about being sick. She wretched and vomited violently before Damon came in after her, holding her hair and rubbing her back.

"Damon, get out of here. You don't need to see this" she implored but he ignored her. Stefan came in bringing her a glass of water; he placed it on the counter. He attempted to stand in the door way but Damon slammed the door in his face. "Damn, you can't even be sick in this house in private" he whispered. Elena took the glass of water and flushed the toilet. She leaned her back up against the cold bath tub, lost in all of her thoughts.

"What are we going to do Damon?" she whispered. He grabbed her feet that were stretched out in front of her and starting massaging up and down her legs soothingly. "Well my love, you are going to jump in the shower because, like you said, the tequila is seeping out of your pours and I am going to go call Bonnie so she can bring us some answers. We are going to figure this out and we are going to do everything in our power to kill that bitch and keep everyone safe, especially you" he tried to reassure her. "Is the aspirin helping with the hangover?"

"Ha, no. I feel worse than before I took it. Like a delayed reaction or something" she explained.

"Well, it's probably because of the breakfast you ate. There is another quick fix" he looked her over and she perked up at the idea. "Oh really? And what would that be?" she asked suspiciously.

"My blood."

Her face turned blank, "Oh. Okay." She said quietly, she moved over to him on the floor of the bathroom as he bit his wrist, but he didn't offer it to her. She looked up questioningly.

"You realize what this could mean right?" he warned, she shook her head and smiled reassuringly. He put his wrist to her lips and watched in awe as she closed her eyes and truly enjoyed the experience. Elena had never felt closer to the man she loved than in that moment. She felt his emotions: his awe at the current exchange, his love for her, his worry, she even felt his fear. It all flooded her so quickly that she gasped when he removed his wrist from her mouth.

She looked up at him, her eyes filled with undying love, "that was amazing" she murmured. He looked at her questioningly, "Elena, what just happened?"

She smiled, "I felt your emotions. All of them. Love, awe, worry, pain, fear, anger. It was all so jumbled together. No thoughts just over whelming feelings".

Damon was shocked, he had never heard of such an exchange. "Well, that's new. We are going to have to experiment with that. But for now, we need to get moving" he picked her up off the floor and kissed her forehead before leaving her to shower for the second time that day.

A.N. Okay so I'm a horrible author and I have neglected you for soo long. Well, long for me. Anyways, please send the love. I finally have a serious direction so it should be easy to pump out the chapters now. Thank you- Love Ashley.