Clara, Damon, and Stefan, all waited outside as the deed was transferred to Elena.
"Clara and Stefan please come in." She inviting two of the three vampires inside.
"Really? what are we twelve?" Damon complained being left outside.
"One of us is," Stefan teased his brother.
"If I invite you in do you promise to keep your... marital activities to the bedroom?" Elena bargained.
"Where's the fun in that?" Damon complained.
Elena rolled her eyes and continued on in her list of demands, "Do you promise to always be clothed when you are not in your bedroom."
"Please, you've loved getting a sneak peek." Damon said cockily.
"Will you be nice to your brother?" She asks.
"Alright now that's asking waaayyy too much." Damon says
"Damon, I'm serious. If you want to be invited in I need you to promise you will respect my rules." Damon squinted his eyes annoyed but eventually relented to Elena's demands.
"Fine, I promise no sex in the common areas and I will keep any strip shows to the bedroom but I am afraid I can only reduce my snark by 25%."
"I'll take that." Stefan quickly jumped on the deal.
"Then Damon would you like to please come in." Elena invited.
They sat around the parlor and Clara went over the plan for everyone one more time.
"Alright, Elena, you are going to start making a list of all the men in town you find attractive." Clara explained.
"Why again?" Stefan asked not loving his girlfriend was given this task.
"Because clearly she shares the same taste in men as Katherine does so it will help us narrow down the suspects of who is currently bedding her." Clara explains.
"And what makes you so sure she is being currently bedded?" Stefan asks.
"Oh please, don't tell me you fell for her I'm here for you you and you act. This is Katherine Pierce we are talking about she usually can't even limit it to 2 men you think she's in town getting rejected by you daily watching you moon over her replacement and has no one waiting to stroke her ego at night?" Damon asked incredulously.
"Fine, just don't show me the list I don't want to know." Stefan tells them.
"Stefan, please don't be jealous you know I love you." Elena pleaded with Stefan.
"Yeah just be happy I'm not on that list, brother." Damon chimed in.
"This is 25% less snark?" Elena asked annoyed.
"And its all for you sweetheart." Damon quipped, Clara clapped her hands trying to focus everyone again.
"Elena I know it's hard but we need to send Jenna and Jeremy away." Elena took a deep breath knowing this part of Clara's plan would be the hardest.
"But how are we going to explain it to everyone?" She asked trying to find a way around it.
"Say that they are touring reform schools or something, that things have gotten more serious with Jeremy using and your aunt has decided to take drastic actions." Clara said.
"That could work." Stefan agreed.
"Alright fine, what else?" Elena says giving in.
"You'll move in here so you are safe from other vampires and once we figure out who Katherine has sunk her claws in we turn him to our side... hit her where it hurts." Clara says with determination in her eyes.
"What makes you think even if we find this guy we can convince him that Katherine is evil?" Elena asks still unsure of the plan.
Clara purses her lips, this next part was her least favorite part of her plan but it was necessary, "Let's just say I'm gonna have a little help. Its time for me and your friend Bonnie to clear the air."
Later in the day
Jenna and Jeremy are packing to leave and Clara is headed over to Bonnie Bennet's house.
"Can I just say again how against this plan I am?" Damon exclaimed hating that his wife was going to be in close proximity to the little bitch who had set her on fire.
"I'm not thrilled about it either but if we are going to ever convince whoever her new boy toy is we will need help, unfortunately our options for help of the witchy variety are limited. Plus it would be nice to have an understanding so I don't run the risk of getting roasted again."
She started walking up to the house leaving Damon outside,
"I'll be right here." He told her
"I know, I'll be right back... I promise." She says trying to reassure Damon... and a little bit herself.
She knocked on the door and Bonnie answered surprised at who was on the other side waiting.
"What do you want?" Bonnie asked suspiciously
"I want us to have peace, no more being at each other's throats... a fresh start." Clara explained but Bonnie wasn't buying it and crossed her arms over her chest waiting for the real reason.
Clara rolled her eyes, a bad habit she had picked up since getting used to this new century.
"Katherine is threatening Caroline and Matt, she's a threat to everyone in this town, we want to take her down. To do that we will ALL have to work together, what do you say?"
Bonnie thought for a moment,
"If it comes to protecting this town I will help you but I will never be okay with Damon... but I am sorry I attacked you. You haven't hurt anyone, you didn't deserve that."
"Thank you, I know that must have been very difficult for you to say and I appreciate that. I am sorry if I judged you too harshly you are very young and dealing with all of this practically on your own must be hard and I am sorry you lost your grandmother, you didn't deserve that."
Bonnie can feel tears starting to form in her eyes from the mention of her grams so she quickly shuts this down not wanting to look vulnerable in front of a vampire.
"Yeah, thanks... I should go just let me know when you need me." She says moving back inside and closing the door.
Clara walks back over to Damon and they share a tender embrace.
Back at the boarding house
Clara and Damon are helping Elena go through the list she made.
"Oh man, how did I not see it sooner." Damon mutters.
"What?" Elena asks
"Fuck, it makes so much sense. They came to town around the same time, it was right in front of us." Damon says
"Who Damon?" Elena asks again.
"Mason Lockwood." He replies.
"Are you sure?"
"What does he look like?" Clara asks and Elena pulls out her phone and shows her a photo.
"Oh yeah, that has to be him, he is sinfully gorgeous." Clara says lusting a bit over the photo.
"Hey!" Damon shouts not liking hearing his wife find anyone else attractive.
"Relax I still only have eyes for you." Clara placates her husband.
"Damn right."
Elena rolls her eyes, "Alright so... now what?"
"Now we go catch ourselves a werewolf." Damon says.