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Dia walked downstairs the next morning and ran into Stefan.
"Hey how are you feeling?" he asked.
"Still a bit shaken to be honest" she smiled uneasily.
"I don't blame you" Stefan said.
"So umm how much of a bitch was I? Some stuff is still a bit blurry" Dia said.
"Umm on a scale of 1 to 10 you were at a 8.5" Stefan laughed.
"Ugh I feel terrible!" Dia groaned.
Stefan laughed. "It's not your fault. It was Lydia not you." Dia nodded.
"Are you going to tell Damon everything now?" Stefan asked.
"Soon" Dia replied. "He's not stable right now. It's probably not the best time to drop the news."
"I agree" Stefan said. "How is he this morning?"
"I don't know. He was gone from my room when I woke up" Dia said.
The pair heard laughter in the living room and went to see what was going on. Damon was in there with a bunch a college girls.
Damon groaned when he say Stefan. "No! Buzzkill Bob. Greetings."
"He's completely lost it" Dia said.
"Can we talk?" Stefan asked.
"Yeah" Damon smiled.
"Without the tri-deltas" Stefan said.
"Anything you have to say to me, you can say in front of them. They're really good at keeping secrets" Damon smiled.
Stefan stared at him and walked away from where the girls were. Damon followed.
"You're worried about me. That's nice. Don't be. There's no need. I'm fine. Why wouldn't I be? Spent the last 145 years with one goal, get in that tomb. I succeeded. Granted, Katherine wasn't in there to be rescued, but why dwell? No, it's so liberating not having a master plan, because I can do whatever the hell I want" Damon told him.
"That's kind of what I'm afraid of" Stefan said.
"Damon its okay to be angry, but don't do anything stupid" Dia pleaded.
"Relax, I haven't killed anyone in, too long" Damon smirked.
"Those girls" Stefan raised his eyebrows.
"Will end up in their dorm with headaches, think they blacked out. Business as usual. Predictable you didn't pull me over here for a pep talk, so drink up. Spill it, brother" Damon said.
"There was a woman you may have known a few years back named Isobel in North Carolina at Duke" Stefan stated.
"You wanna discuss the women in my past right now? Seriously?" Damon groaned.
"You killed her" Stefan continued.
"What's your point?" Damon asked.
"I just, just want to know if you remember anything about her?" Stefan told him.
"Oh it's like a needle in a haystack, Stefan" Damon snickered.
"Well, think hard, it's important" Stefan said sternly.
"Nothing is important, not anymore. Great chat. I have to go and exploit some women in the name of grief, which I'm sure you understand "TTFN" said the tri-delta" Damon laughed.
Stefan shook his head and left the room. Dia sighed and followed him.
"What was that about Stefan?" Dia demanded.
"Elena may have discovered who her birth mother is. Isobel may be her mother" Stefan explained.
"So Damon killed Elena's potential birth mother" Dia said.
"Looks like it" Stefan said. "Hey would you mind keeping an eye on him. Make sure he doesn't do anything stupid."
"Of course" Dia said. Stefan nodded as thanks and walked out the door.
Dia walked back upstairs to her room. She opened her door to see Ella standing in her room.
"Ella?" Dia spoke.
"Hi sweetie" Ella smiled. She walked over to Dia and gave her a hug.
"How are you?" she asked.
"Still a bit freaked out" Dia said sitting on her bed. "I can't wrap my head around why Lydia would come back. Did she just one revenge?"
"I don't know" Ella replied. "I'm still working on that. What I did find out was that Lucy was the reason she was able to possess you."
"How does that work?" Dia asked.
"Lucy must have gotten a spell and used something to trigger Lydia to take over your body." Ella explained.
"Why would Lucy do that?" Dia demanded.
"I don't know" Ella said sadly. "I wish I did."
"Are you staying long?" Dia asked.
"As long as you need me" Ella replied. "How's Damon?"
"A mental wreck" Dia said. "He's upset about Katherine."
"I also think he's upset that he almost lost you" Ella added.
Damon suddenly appeared in the doorway.
"Why are you here?" he asked smugly.
"I better go" Ella said. "I put my number in your phone if you need anything." She walked passed Damon who glared at her.
"I don't like her" Damon said.
"You don't like a lot of people Damon" Dia replied.
"True" Damon smiled. "Let's go to the grill."
Alaric sat at the bar drinking when Damon approached the bar with Dia not far behind.
"Bourbon. Rocks" Damon told the bartender.
"Can I get a coffee please" Dia asked.
Damon looked over at Alaric. "Behold the teacher. Don't you have some papers to grade?"
"Damon don't start" Dia groaned.
"It's, uh more fun with a buzz" Alaric smirked.
"Well, most things in life are. Sobers depressing" Damon said.
"You don't strike me as somebody who gets depressed" Alaric replied.
"Oh he does trust me" Dia said looking around.
"You say that like you know me" Damon looked at Alaric.
"Nope. Just a hunch" Alaric replied. "You have a good afternoon." Alaric got up and walked away.
"I don't like that guy" Damon said.
"Okay, so who do you like?" Dia asked him.
"You" Damon smiled. "You're tolerable."
"I'm so glad I mean that much" Dia rolled her eyes.
Sheriff Forbes approached the pair from behind.
"Daytime drinking huh?" she said.
"It's all the rage" Damon smiled.
"Listen, I need a favor" Liz began.
"You ever been in love?" Damon asked.
"Oh god" Dia complained.
"Excuse me?" Liz frowned.
"Have you ever been so bent on someone, that you just have your heart ripped out by them?" Damon continued.
"Here he goes again" Dia said.
"You forgot I was married" Liz told him point blank.
"Right. Gay husband," he looks at the barman. "She'll have what I'm having. Sit down."
"There's a fundraiser here tonight that the founder's council is throwing. The town's most eligible bachelors get raffled off for dates, and, well, we're short a bachelor" Liz explained.
Dia snickered, "I think I know where this is going."
"Is this what you do when there's no, um...vampires? Organize bachelor raffles?" Damon asked.
"Oh, trust me. At this point, I miss the vampires. Look, you're a hero to this town, Damon. I know most people don't know it, but you are, and you're single and a , come on. Help me out. Carol Lockwood won't let me live it down if I come up empty-handed" Liz pleaded.
"You know, a room full of women clamoring to win a date with me sounds tasty" Damon smirked.
"Thank you" Liz smiled.
"One thing. Can you get information on someone for me? Alaric Saltzman, the history teacher. There's just something a little off about him, and I just- I just want to make sure that the high school Did their homework on this guy" Damon requested.
"You got it" Liz replied.
"Thanks" he said. She nodded and got up and left.
"There's nothing shady about Alaric Saltzman, Damon" Dia told him.
"I just want to be sure" Damon took a drink.
"I'm worried about you Damon" Dia said suddenly.
"I know" he replied. "I'm worried about both you and me." Damon put his arm around her.
"We're going to be okay. We'll deal with it in our own ways and eventually things will be back to normal" Damon told her.
"What's normal anymore? I don't know the meaning of the word" Dia laughed.
"This is true" Damon smiled. "C'mon let's head back to the house. I need help looking good for tonight." He kissed the top of her head and lead her out of the bar.
3 chapters in one day? I'm a role! This might not happen again for a while. Hahahaha. Thanks for all the reviews. I've been constantly checking my mail and my inbox has been full. It's made me smile. I've enjoyed reading all of the reviews. I apologize if this chapter isn't that interesting, but nothing really amazing happened in the episode anyway, so expect just filler stuff and we'll get back to our regular fanfiction next episode. I know I'll have one chapter up tomorrow, I'd really like to get two up, but I can't promise that because I have no clue what I'm doing tomorrow, but I do have good news. If my calculations are correct, I will be done with the season one part of this story by the first of July at the earliest. I can't decide if I should put the season two chapters into a separate story or make this one big story and go one to a separate story for season three. What would you all prefer me to do? I'm fine with either. Review!
