The Boarding House

Clara is back from another enhanced interrogation session with Isobel,

"Any luck with mommy dearest today?" Damon asks,

Clara sighs frustrated, "No, I'm starting to think its a dead end. How are things going on your end?" She plops down next to him on the sofa

"Bonnie is all juiced up and ready now we just need to find one boxed up Original, not to mention convince Elena to let us tie her life to John's." He says moving her legs to drape over his lap,

"Yeah, I've been thinking about that... we might not have to."

"What do you mean?" Damon asks as he starts messaging her legs,

"Well we could try tying her to Isobel... she's a vampire, it's not like being drained of blood will kill kill her." Clara explains,

Damon thinks for a minute, "Hmm 'could work, plus Klaus won't think to look out for her, he thinks she went ahead and killed herself."

Clara moans her muscles sore and loving the attention Damon is giving them, "All this plotting is exhausting, a part of me just wants this all to be over already."

Damon hates to see how stressed she is, "I know, hey I have an idea... it's the 60's decade dance thing, everyone will be at the school which mean you and I will have this big empty house all to ourselves... what do you say we have our own party?"

Clara nods enthusiastically and then dives on top of Damon, he quickly flips them around and pins her under him on the couch. Quickly the two are grabbing at one another desperate to be as close as possible. With everything that has been going on it's been almost a week since they've been together and for them that was a long time.

Clara hooks her legs around Damon's and starts moving her hips in a circular motion. Damon has her hands above her head and is grinding hard into her as his lips assault her hard nipples through her shirt. His vampire face comes out and he tears a hole through her shirt giving him better access.

Unfortunately the two are interrupted by Elena, who screams and covers her eyes,

"What was the rule about keeping your activities to your bedroom!"

Damon covers Clara with a throw pillow, "Hey, don't get mad at us, aren't you still supposed to be at school?"

"No, it's already 3:30 school is done... you guys better make yourself decent everyone is coming over to strategize, Klaus made his first move."

"Wait what?" Clara asks alarmed, so much for a fun night in.

"Yeah apparently he wants me to save him a dance tonight." Elena tells them.

"look at you getting a new crush." Damon teases her.

Elena rolls her eyes, "Just get dressed, now."

Later everyone is over and gathered in the living room...

Damon is recapping, "So we go to the dance, we find him."

"Elijah will point him out?" Stefan asks considering no-one else knows what he looks like,

Damon nods, "Yeah, Clara called he'll be there."

Stefan doesn't look to reassured tho, "Its not just him we need to look out for though, he already compelled somebody at school, there could be more tonight."

"I guess it's not as safe as you guys thought, huh?" He says looking at Elena and Bonnie.

[Someone knocks on the door. Alaric/Klaus enters.]

"There you are." Damon says,

AlariKlaus says, "Sorry I'm late." thoroughly enjoying how he can just walk into enemy camp with no one the wiser.

"Hey, I need you to put me and Clara down as chaperones at the dance tonight. Klaus made his first move." AlariKlaus nods,

Elena steps forward, "Okay, so we find him and then what, hmm? What's our plan of attack? Do we just let Elijah handle him?"AK perks up a bit learning his brother will be in attendance tonight,

Bonnie shakes her head "No, it's me. I'm the plan. He has no idea how much power I can channel. If you can find him, I can kill him."

AK raises his eyebrows in amused disbelief, "That's not going to be that easy. I mean, he is the biggest, baddest vampire around."

Clara speaks up noticing something is off with Alaric, "Since when are you his personal cheerleader?" He ignores her question and Damon soon distracts everyone else from it.

"Alaric has a point. I mean, what if he..."

Damon rushes at Bonnie but she throws him on the other side of the room with her powers, without touching him.

Stefan is amused, "Well, I was impressed."

"It doesn't matter if he's an Original. I can take down anyone who comes at me. I can kill him, Elena. I know I can." Bonnie tells Elena and the group confidently causing AK to narrow his eyes at her, something else Clara catches.

Later Everyone is getting ready for the dance...

Clara is applying some heavy eye makeup while Damon is squeezing into some tight leather pants.

"Hey, did Alaric seem a little off to you?" She asks,

Damon frowns, "No, why?"

"I don't know I just got a weird feeling from him earlier."

After finally getting the zipper up he stand behind his wife, "You need to relax, he's on vervain, everything is going to be okay." he tells her kissing her neck to relax her,

Clara takes a deep breath and exhales, "You're right, I'm just being paranoid." Clara tries to shake off her concerns but something is still nagging at her.

Later at the Dance...

Klaus compels Dana to make a song dedication to Elena.

A song starts playing. Elena seems stunned.

But Damon's not impressed, "That was a lame, cheap shot. He's just trying to bait us."

Clara spots Alaric from the corner of her eye actually smile over it, he seemed pleased even.

"I know everyone here." Elena says not knowing where else to look for Klaus.

Stefan rubs her arms, "Maybe he's not here. Just wants us to believe that he is."

Clara excuses herself needing to call Elijah something about this just isn't sitting right with her, "I need to check something, I'll be right back."

Damon claps his hands together to get everyone's head back in the game. "It's a party, people. Blend. Let him come to us."

Bonnie nods, "Good idea."

Clara goes outside and calls Elijah, she tells him about this feeling she's been having and how it seems something is off with Alaric.

Back inside Damon sees Alaric/Klaus and walks over to stand next to him until Clara comes back in.

"Special dedication, huh? This guy's a little twisted." AK says,

Damon scoffs, "I'm not impressed."

Alaric/Klaus looks disappointed and looks at Damon, "No?"

Damon's not paying attention tho, "Let me know if you see anything out of whack." he says before he walks back off to mingle.

Jeremy and Bonnie are dancing and so are Elena and Stefan. Elena sees Caroline and Tyler arriving.

"Caroline's here. They don't know what's going on. We have to tell her."

Stefan nods, "I'm on it."

Damon over hears Jeremy and Bonnie talking and learns there's a 50/50 chance she's die if she goes up against Klaus, Soon it gets to Stefan and Elena and everyone is out in the hall arguing over what to do.

Jeremy is in the hallway. Chad and two other students are waiting for him to start a fight,

"Dude, seriously? Wrong day, wrong guy." Jeremy says and they start fighting. The two other boys grab Jeremy while Chad punches him in the stomach a few times. The other boys throw Jeremy to the ground and they all start kicking him. Stefan and Damon run over.

"Hey idiots!" Damon shouts,

One of the boys pulls out a crossbow and shoots a stake at Damon and it hits him in the shoulder. The other boys pull out weapons.

Damon groans, "Let me guess...Klaus says hi?"

Stefan rushes over to the boys and hits them. Damon grabs another boy and holds a stake up ready to kill him.

"No, no, no, no, don't kill him. He's compelled." Stefan tells him

"So?" Damon asks not bothered.

Stefan sighs exasperated with his brother, "So, the whole thing's a distraction. Go find Bonnie and Elena. I got this. Go."

Reluctantly Damon throws the boy against the lockers, knocking him out. Damon runs to look for the girls,

Elsewhere...

Alaric/Klaus runs up to Bonnie and Elena outside, "Elena!"

"What is it?" She asks concerned hearing the panic ins voice,

"He has Jeremy." He tells them and both girls scream, "What?!"

But suddenly Clara is behind "Alaric"

"Actually Jeremy's fine, I just talked to him, you must have seen someone else."

Elena is so relived, "Your sure he's okay?" She asks making sure,

Clara nods holding up her phone, "Promise he's with Damon and Stefan, So Alaric tell us what does Klaus look like, I mean you saw him take someone who looked like Jeremy right?"

"Alaric" looks annoyed and is clenching his fists.

"Yeah, I only saw him from the back I guess my adrenaline got the better of me."

"Ah," Clara says, "'cause I hear he's not such a looker... even has a wonkey eye, so unlike Elijah I mean, I'm a happily married woman but wow. Hard to imagine the two of them being related I mean one so noble and handsome and the other no better than a 6."

"a 6?!" he asks offended.

"yeah plus with his whole obsession of this stupid curse, I mean come on after 1,000 years you think he would have gotten a life. But you know I can't help but feel a little bad for him, killing all your siblings but one... who in turn hates you... I guess creating a whole other species so your not so pathetically lonely is all that's left. it's just tragic."

Alaric/Klaus is glaring at her, vibrating with rage.

"Any thoughts... Niklaus?"

Alaric's scowl turns into a demonic smirk and then laughter.

"Brava," He claps, "that was quite the little performance I must say, no doubt my brother helped coach you, is he lurking somewhere around here? Come on out Elijah show yourself!"

"Actually, I'm right here, brother." Clara says shocking everyone.

"What?" Alaric/Klaus asks

Clara/Elijah responds now much more poised sounding eerily like the man inhabiting her body, "Yes, Mrs. Salvatore called earlier told me of this feeling she just couldn't shake, but I remembered this is one of your favorite tricks, hope you don't mind I copied a page for tonight."

Alaric/Klaus tries to look unbothered, "Well imitation is the sincerest form of flattery."

Elena's mind is doing somersaults trying to keep up here, "Okay, can someone please tell me what the hell is going on?!"

Clara/Elijah steps a little closer, "Yes, of corse Ms. Gilbert, you see I am Elijah as Alaric is Klaus, it's a form of possession a favorite trick of Klaus's. Perhaps you and Ms. Bennet should run along this is between me and my brother."

Elena and Bonnie run off leaving the body snatchers to hash it out.

"So what's the brilliant plan... going to try and fight wearing heels, I must say that is a first even for us." Alaric/Klaus says,

Clara/Elijah smiles, "Actually I just needed to distract you long enough for my witches to defeat yours, I believe they should be in possession of your actual body now."

Alaric/Klaus's amused look drops to anger and irritation, "Holding my body hostage... isn't that a bit beneath you?"

"No worse than you holding our sibling hostage for centuries only to throw them away like they were trash!"

Alaric/Klaus moves closer trying to intimidate his brother, "And what's to stop me from injuring this body so severely the doppleganger and her friends force you to hand my body back over."

"Oh I believe you took care of that for me when you had your warlock put a protection spell on you. and once again you are your own worst enemy Niklaus. Call me when you wish to negotiate the terms of your surrender."

"Never." Alaric/Klaus tells Clara/Elijah

she/he shrugs, "I guess we'll see. Hope you enjoy the rest of the dance... although you never did care for the 60's did you?"