A/N: I am blown away at how many of you like this story. Honestly, I love knowing that a lot of you like it so much. Thank you all so much for reading! :)

Anyways, here's chapter 21!

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Must Love Dogs- Chapter Twenty-One

"Rise and shine, sleepy head." Jenna announced in a singsong tone as she opened Elena's bedroom door the next morning and allowed the sunshine to come in through the blinds in her room.

"Ugh, please leave me alone!" Elena shouted, throwing a pillow at her aunt as she opened one of her eyes just slightly to hear Jenna and what sounded like Alaric both laughing near Elena's door.

"Well, good morning to you too." Jenna told her, pulling off Elena's covers from her bed and closing the door shut before Alaric could tease her some more.

"Where were you last night?" Her aunt questioned with an interested tone as Elena lifted herself up slowly and groaned, rubbing her head and noticing that she was still wearing her dress from the other night and the only things laying beside her were her cell phone and a wad of cash that she couldn't remember receiving from anyone.

"I went out and I had a few drinks with some new friends." She tried to make clear, watching Jenna smile at her and lean forward. Elena shivered a bit as her aunt's cold hand rested on her kneecap.

"Honey, you came home very intoxicated late last night and I helped you while you vomited half of whatever you drank into the toilet. Now, don't lie to me. Elena, who were you out with?" Jenna requested to know, locking her eyes on to her niece and giving her a displeased look.

Elena sighed out a breath. She had to tell her, Jenna deserved to know. She watched her eyes narrow as Jenna smiled and then she encouraged Elena to add more to the conversation.

"I was out with-." The doorbell however, interrupted Elena's sentence as Jenna got up and ran down the stairs, leaving Elena alone with her own thoughts.

"I'm coming. Will you hold on!" She said, pulling open the door to see a nicely dressed young man holding what looked like Elena's purse and her Oregon driver's license. "I'm sorry to intrude, ma'am. But, my name is Lorenzo Trevino and I'm looking for a young woman by the name of." He paused, glancing back down at her ID in his hands before he continued to speak. "Elena Gilbert. Does she live here by any chance?"

Jenna nodded, clearing her throat and leaning against the door. "Yes, she's my niece. How do you know her?" She questioned, watching Enzo run a hand through his hair, sighing out a breath as he smiled at her. "I met your niece at a bar last night. Um, she fell and I helped her up. I didn't realize it until later. However, a little while before I got her a taxi to take her home. I found her driver's license in my pant pocket. We got to talking and I completely forgot to give it back to her. Also, when I walked back into the bar where she had been drinking. Elena's purse was still at the bar table with the bartender. She must of left it all behind when we stepped outside and after the bartender kicked us out for the night." He explained, watching Jenna's eyebrows raise as she pinched the tip of her nose.

"You're telling me that you came all this way to give her purse and her identification card back to her?" Jenna asked in a surprised tone, watching a smile spread across Enzo's face.

"Well, I found your business card in her purse. Listen, I didn't take anything else. I swear. I just, I wanted to give your niece her things back because she seemed as if she was in bad shape last night." He added further, hearing the creaking of the stairs as someone made their way down them. Jenna watched Enzo move to the side, attempting to get a better look at who it was.

"Elena, so nice of you to join us. This handsome young man was just returning your driver's license and your purse to you. Since you forgot to tell me that you didn't recall bringing them home last night." Jenna announced with an irritated tone as she watched Elena scratch her head, and stand beside her, looking past Jenna and straight to Enzo.

"I don't.." She began to say, trying to remember the previous night's events. But, all that came to mind was her going there after leaving Stefan and the hotel room.

"He says he sort of knows you." Jenna told her, pivoting on her heels and turning away from the front door as she saw Elena slowly make her way towards the door, a sigh escaping past her lips the moment her eyes met his. "Will you excuse us for a moment?" She asked Jenna. Watching her aunt leave the room without another word as the door closed behind Elena.

"About last night. I am so sorry!" She began to explain, watching Enzo's lips curl into a small smile while he shrugged his shoulders back.

"No worries, gorgeous. I just wanted to make sure you were okay and to bring you your things back. I didn't take anything." He quickly said, really hoping that she believed him. Because, he didn't look like a thief or a guy in need of money. Enzo looked just like Stefan and Damon did- very well off and wealthy.

"So, I guess I'll be seeing you around.." His voice trailed off when he turned away from her, taking a few steps back. But, Elena's voice quickly stopped him.

"Wait a minute. I should give you your money back. I mean, you gave me way more than I needed for that taxi ride. You gave me like $50.00 dollars." Elena tried to explain as she watched him lift his hand up into the air and wave it around with a smile on his face.

"Keep it." He told her simply, smiling at her and trying to leave before she could say anything else.

"I'll be seeing you around, Miss Gilbert. Have a nice day and, lay off the booze." He joked, waving at her and getting into his gray Range Rover. "I'll see you around the office later today, if you're well enough to be there that is. My boss called me in for some last minute training." He grinned, rolling up his windows and driving away as Elena stood in the driveway, watching him leave.

"I'm sure you're all wondering why I called you all here this morning. But, we have work to do!" Stefan declared, looking around the room at all the familiar faces. Klaus dropped his phone and yawned and Damon looked as if he was uncomfortable in his own chair, turning his head every five minutes to catch a glimpse of his wife that was purposefully wearing a tight red pencil skirt with a button downed cream colored top and walking up and down the hallway with a phone glued to her ear.

"Damon! Focus!" Stefan snapped, he was pissed off at Elena for what she had done to him and now, Klaus and his older brother noticed that whatever it was that was bothering him. Stefan, was taking it out on them.

"I am focused." Damon replied back, looking away from the large glass windows that looked out towards the hallway.

"Sure, you are. You've been drooling over Katherine's legs for the last ten minutes as she's been passing by and to be honest it's irritating me." Stefan told him.

"Staring at my lovely wife's legs isn't a crime, little brother. Trust me, I'm enjoying the view." He teased as Klaus exhaled heavily and watched Stefan shift his gaze away from Damon and to him.

"Please tell me that you know what this is all about." Stefan said to him, watching Klaus lean back into his chair with a smile on his face.

"It's about my conniving little sister. She wants to take our company down and well, you called us to let us in on a plan to stop her before she does it." Klaus told them both, a proud smile on his face as he yawned and added in. " I saw her last night. She wanted me to join her and Elijah in taking you and Damon down, Stefan. But, I told her flat out that I'm loyal to you and that whatever she has planned that she can find someone else to do her dirty work, like Elijah." Klaus replied, watching Stefan place his hands on to the table in front of them and sigh out a breath.

"I don't know what we're going to-." Stefan began to say, however a knock on the conference room door made all three men turn towards it as Katherine and another tall, brown haired and brown eyed man walked in with a grin across his face the minute he saw both brothers.

"You son of a bitch, Lorenzo Trevino!" Damon exclaimed, jumping out his seat and brushing past his wife. Katherine glanced over at Klaus who looked perplexed and then she explained. "Enzo here is coming on board to help us out with our little Rebekah situation."

"Ah, nice to have you mate. Take a seat, since Stefan was just talking about my adoring manipulative little sister." Klaus added with a wink, watching as Damon took a step away from his friend and added. "Klaus Mikaelson here is Rebekah's older brother. And, Enzo is Rebekah's ex-boyfriend."

"Excuse me?" Klaus asked, swallowing the lump in his throat as he scratched his face.

"Let's make this very clear. I'm here because I got burned by your sister. And, I'm best friends with Damon. Although, Stefan and I also know each other. However, it's not just Damon that we have as an acquaintance. It's Rebekah as well." He explained, seeing Klaus's eyes grow wide as he placed his elbows on to the table and licked his lips. "What do you mean by that?"

Enzo took a seat across from Stefan and Damon, exhaling deeply before he continued to explain the real reason he was in town. "Klaus, I didn't know it until later. But, three months into their divorce proceedings, your sister came down to Mexico to get away from everything that was bothering her in Florida. Anyways, we met there and we got to talking. She told me almost everything in regards to her divorce with Stefan and how he had this large real estate business. After a drinks, Rebekah also finally admitted that she was a co owner for this project that Stefan was doing with her. Although, since she contributed her ideas and their divorce was happening in a few months. Rebekah was worried that she wouldn't get her pay out for their new apartment complex which they had started together when they were married."

"So, you're going behind Rebekah's back with us..Because?" Klaus asked with a skeptical tone as he watched Enzo shift his gaze to look at him directly. "Plain and simple. Because your sister is a backstabbing bitch and she took everything from my best friend's little brother. Hell, if I hadn't connected the dots the night after Rebekah and I slept together. I would have been in Stefan's spot too. I'm sure of it. Klaus, all your sister wants is this business and the projects that she thinks she's entitled too. However, knowing Rebekah, her greed will be her downfall." Enzo stated, flipping the yellow colored file folder in front of him and licking his thumb.

"Now, I don't know about the three of you. But, I'm here because Damon called me for reinforcements. And, I'm not lying when I say that I hate your sister as much as Stefan does. So, what are we going to do about that?" Enzo questioned, folding his hands in front of him and glancing around the room.

"Well, I say that we pull the rug from under her leasing agreement that she wants to do on the building across the street. Maybe we can cause a problem, like a water main break or something. Then, Rebekah would be forced to find another place to do her dirty work." Klaus suggested as he looked over at Stefan who seemed as if he wasn't listening at all.

"Earth to Stefan!" Damon shouted, throwing a set of blueprints his way as he shook his head. "Yeah, sounds good." Stefan commented in a disoriented tone.

"What the hell is going on with you! You've been completely out of it since you got here." Damon observed, narrowing his eyes at his little brother and telling everyone else to clear the room. Klaus and Enzo quickly picked their things up and told them that they'd be outside of the door and for Damon to let them know when it was okay to come back in, to continue chatting about their plans.

Stefan exhaled deeply, lowering his head so that it rested against his hands the minute the door closed. "Stefan, you need to pull your head out of your ass! I don't know what's going on with you. But, whatever it is..Get the hell over it."

"Well, it's not an object that is my problem, Damon. It's a person and I didn't get over her last night..I got under her- if you catch my drift. Anyways, truth is I don't have a girlfriend. Instead, there's this girl that I'm just sleeping with. We're like friends with benefits." Stefan explained as he watched his older brother's blue eyes widen. "What?" Damon asked in a surprised tone.

Stefan opened his mouth to explain further, to tell Damon that it was Elena in which he had entangled himself with in this complex agreement. But, the abrupt knock on the door and the look of pure shock on Katherine's face stopped Stefan's ramblings.

"Sorry to interrupt boys. But, I couldn't stop her." Katherine informed them, allowing an angry looking Elena to storm into their conference room, slamming the door behind her. Katherine smiled at both Enzo and Klaus who were walking down the hallway with two cups of coffees in their hands as she turned away from the shut door. "Someone's just having a little mood swing today." She said to them before disappearing back into her office.

"Elena, what are you doing here?" Stefan asked, watching as she looked over at Damon with an irritated look on her face.

"I'm just going to go get a coffee." Damon suddenly said, excusing himself from the room and leaving them both alone.

"I need the keys to your house to go check on your dog." Elena replied, extending out her hand as Stefan fished for them inside of his pocket, pulling them out and handing them to her.

"Let me drive you there." He offered, getting up and grabbing his suit jacket, pulling down his striped blue and white dress shirt.

"Fine. But, we're not talking about what happened last night. Got it?" She questioned as he nodded, smiling just a little, walking out of the office.

The moment they walked out of the room, Elena's head snapped up as she heard her name being called from across the hall and they both turned around.

"Elena! Nice to see you again." Enzo commented, walking up to them and smiling at Stefan as he looked them over.

"So, where are you two headed?" He asked them casually, a glistening in his eyes when he locked them on to Elena's. But, as Enzo looked over at Stefan. There was nothing but irritation in his gaze.

"Elena needs to go check on that mutt that Rebekah left me. You know, the dog, Duke." Stefan stated, wrapping his arm around Elena's waistline and pulling her closer to him. She looked over at Stefan as his hand glided up and down her back.

"Oh, right. Well, Miss Gilbert we should go out to lunch sometime. Maybe we can get a few drinks together." Enzo offered as he watched Elena grab a hold of his hand. She held on to it for a little too long before Stefan cleared his throat and told Enzo that they really had to get going.

"I'd love too. Stefan's trying to make me a member of the team. So, I'm sure you'll be seeing a lot of me around here and not just in bars." She winked, grinning from ear to ear when she saw the look of irritability on Stefan's face.

"Yeah, I'd like that too." Enzo said, bidding them both a quick goodbye as he waved over to Damon and caught up with him. Elena felt Stefan's arm around her waistline tighten as they walked to the elevators and just when they stepped inside and the doors closed. She could tell that he was angry.

"What was that!" He snapped, glaring at her with raised eyebrows as she tilted her head and smirked at him.

"What was what? Enzo and I?" She questioned, acting as if she had known Enzo for a long time. "He's just a friend and he wants to take me out to lunch and drinks. What the hell is the big deal." Elena added in, seeing Stefan's green gaze became furious as he ran his hands through his hair.

"I thought that we said-." He began to say as Elena gave him a fake gleeful smile. She had him where she wanted him, showing some sign of emotions towards her- even if they were clearly ones of being a little jealous.

"We said that we can date whoever we want since we're not exclusive, Stefan. And besides, Enzo is just a friend who I met and who wants to take me out. It's not a date." She reiterated, stepping in front of Stefan and dangling the keys to his car and his house in front of him.

"How about you stay here and cool off. I'll take your car and go check on, Duke. I've never been in Maserati before." She chimed in with a smirk, stepping away as the elevator doors flung open. Stefan inhaled through gritted teeth. "I'm coming with you." He replied.

He watched Elena turn around, placing her hand on the middle of his chest and locking her eyes on to him as she pursed her lips together. "And, why would you do that? You don't trust me. Are you afraid I'll steal something. Stefan, I told you. I'm just your part time business partner in helping you keep your crazy ex-wife from demolishing my aunt's grooming salon and a not so professional dog trainer. Besides, you know where I live." She reminded him, jingling the keys away from him and walking out the door before Stefan could say anything else.

Stefan watched Elena step out of the car and quickly run towards the house, telling her that he'd be inside shortly. "I just need to make a phone call." He shouted out to her through the rolled down window of the dark red colored Maserati.

"Fine, see you soon." She stated, shutting the door behind her and walking inside. The moment that she was out of view, he sunk down into his seat, exhaling deeply. He wanted a minute of silence to collect his thoughts, however his small window of opportunity was taken away as the cell phone in his cup holder began to ring.

"Darling, it's so nice to hear your voice." Rebekah cooed when Stefan answered.

"What do you want, Rebekah?" Stefan questioned, his agitation and angered state was growing as he listened to her talk.

"I want a lot of things, Stefan. However, since attempting to get back with you didn't work. I've moved on to a better plan." She told him with a sinister laugh as he tightened the grip around his cell phone.

"What are you talking about. What other plan?" He asked her as he heard what sounded like a construction crew chattering away in the background.

"What the hell are you doing!" He yelled into the cell phone at her, listening to his ex-wife sigh out a breath before she replied with a menacing tone. "Oh, nothing. I'm just sitting here. About to watch everything that Aunt Jenna and your little skanky girlfriend, Elena have tried to save be demolished to the ground into tiny little pieces of nothing."

"What? Don't you even dare-." Stefan began to say as Rebekah's cold hearted laugh cut him off and she quickly added before hanging up. " You know, I think I figured out your little secret. I've been sitting here raking my brain around it and I think that I know why you've been so nonexistent at this job site. You see, you're telling everyone that Elena Gilbert is your girlfriend. But, I think that she's probably just some girl you're sleeping with and you made a deal with her. What was the deal, Stefan? She trains Duke and you promise that you won't tear down this building? Because if that's the case, looks like the war has just begun and I'm already winning. Remember sweetheart, I rose you and your precious little company up to what is it. And, I can watch you fall just as quickly."

A/N: Rebekah is evil...And it looks like the games that Rebekah loves to play have begun. Game on, Salvatore boys! ;)

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