(DISCLAIMER: how I wish...)

(A/N: I've decided to split this into two parts because as I was writing this I got to page 10 in words and I hadn't even finished so split into two :) Enjoy! let me know what you think? Happy Holidays!)

(Present Day, outskirts or Mystic Falls, Virginia)

As I drove along the road that lead into Mystic Falls I was mindlessly singing to 'Sick In Head' by Al Azif which was blasting from my cars speakers; effectively drowning out the buzzing of my phone that lay in the passenger seat.

Driving through the centre of Mystic Falls I was earning many concerned looks because of volume of my music, no doubt from the upstanding and respectable citizens of Mystic Falls but hey, everyone has a good song with thumping bass that they liked to rave to. Just as the song finished I noticed my phone buzzing, quickly grabbing it I turned down the volume and answered it.

"Bonjour!" I replied being as perky as possible

"Charity?" Nik asked

"Nik! How's it hanging?"

"How's what hanging?"

"it means are you alright?"

"Yes perfectly"

"Uh oh what's happened?"

"Nothing…why?"

"Nik you're never ever that positive"

"Maybe I'm just having a lovely day?"

"Yeah okay…" I replied unconvinced. I'd only been traveling with Niklaus for five years before I had to leave but it gave me a perfect chance to master the art of learning what kind of mood simply by the speech he used.

"Are you near Mystic Falls yet?"

"Yep just got in"

"Good, so I'll see you soon yes?"

"Uh yeah just looking for that big ass house that screams 'I HAVE MONEY"

"Shut up it does not scream that"

"I'm pretty sure it does, the house you sent me to in England did"

"That was a mansion, it's meant to scream that"

"Hm... it could've screamed 'I NEED LOVE AND ATTENTION'?"

"Yes well it didn't"

"Maybe it did" I joked

"It didn't"

"Did"

"Not" he sounded a little frustrated

"Did"

"Not! End of. Just get over here as soon as you can I have some guests here and we need you to attend our little get together"

"Why?"

"Because it may concern you to some extent"

"Concern me aye?"

"Yes, now shake your tail feather and get over here"

"Yes mother hen" I replied childishly before hanging up.

Niklaus could wait an hour or so for me because that was the beauty of eternity but he probably would be a little peeved that I made him wait so I decided on an hour exploring Mystic falls would be best then I would head on over to the house.

I'd managed to explore the whole town in half and hour so now I was bored because I had nothing to do. Parking my car I got out and looked around from the small car park I was stood in; spotting a place called 'The Grill'. It was no doubt a place for eating and socializing. I decided to stop in there for the remainder of the hour just so I could get to know some of the local folk. When I walked in I headed straight for the bar.

"Jack Daniels please" I told the bar tender. I observed him as he got my drink; he seemed to be quiet built but not too big maybe a football player? His hair was a mousey brown and he had a faint scar on his upper lip.

"So you new here?" he suddenly asked

"Yeah, just got into town" I smiled

"You're from England right?"

"How'd you know" I tipped my head to the side

"Accent"

"Oh yeah" I blushed

"I'm Matt"

"Charity" he handed me my drink before finishing

"Nice to meet you Charity"

"Same to you Matt" I smiled before taking a small sip of my drink. A guy with black hair hopped onto the stool next to me

"One bourbon"

"Coming right up Damon" I nearly choked on the liquid. Did Matt just say Damon? I turned to look at the guy next to me; it was Damon!

"Well, well, well look who we have here" he swung his head to the right to look at me.

"Charity Ashdown well aren't you a sight for sore eyes?"

"Hardly… why aren't you dead?"

"Nice to see you too, and because when I died I had Katherine's blood in my system"

"Figures, she wanted to create a perfect little love triangle with you two"

"And she almost succeeded but then she supposedly got locked in the tomb and when I found her again she ripped my heart out and gave it to me on a silver platter"

"Ouch"

"Yeah…" he replied glumly

"So where have you been all these years?"

"Here there and everywhere… I like to travel, have a little culture now and then"

"Sounds good"

"It is" looking up at the clock I saw that we had been talking for three hours and it was now dark

"Shit, look Damon it was lovely meeting you again but I must dash"

"Where you headed?"

"The Mikaelson house"

"Cool, I was actually going there as well"

"Really?"

"Yeah, wanna ride?"

"Uh sure, I'll pick up my car tomorrow"

When we arrived I didn't bother knocking, I simply strolled on in with Damon following close behind, and when I got into the foyer I shouted.

"Mother hen, I'm home!" it earned a chuckled from Damon when Nik appeared in front of me seeming quite peed off.

"And what time do you call this?"

"Uh…" I checked my phone

"…quarter past nine"

"You arrived in town almost three hours ago!"

"And?" he sighed in frustration; he can't win with me.

"Brother what's wrong now?" the familiar voice of Elijah floated into the room.

"Charity is what's wrong"

"Charity as in Kol's ward?"

"What other Charity do we know brother?" he turned to look at him and in a flash Elijah was at Nik's side beaming at me.

"Charity, what a delightful surprise"

"Didn't Nik tell you I was meant to attend because something might concern me?"

"No, he failed to mention that" we both looked at Nik but he received a soft punch in his shoulder from me.

"Nik it's not nice to keep secrets"

"Some are meant to be kept"

"Wait a second, you know these guys?" Damon tugged on my arm

"Yep, I met them in 1492… the same year I met Katherine too"

"So you're not 148 years old?"

"No!" I laughed

"What else don't I know about you?"

"Lots Damon, lots" as I finished my sentence there was a knock at the door, Nik opened it to reveal Stefan.

"Well there's someone I never thought I'd see again" I whispered to Elijah.

"Pray tell, how do you know these two?" he asked

"I met them while they were still human"

"Ahh I see" he replied

"Well seeing as were all here now, why don't we go into the dining room and proceed with tonight's events" Nik suggested