Elena kept looking at her now turned off screen with a blank expression. Her mortal enemy wanted to take her to the dance. Was this a trick? But this couldn't be because she practically set this whole thing up. Trying to get the dilemma out of her head, she put her phone down on her night stand and got into bed. A soft smile was on her lips the whole while she was setting the blanket on herself. Just the thought of herself walking in the town dance with Damon by her side, the thought made her chuckle just because of how ridiculous it looked it her head, she remembered seeing him in a suit a few days ago and she definitely remembered the part where he looked way too good in the damn thing. She shook her head at the challenge she put forward for him. It would be a cold day in hell before he 'asks' her out. There was no way he had the guts to do that. She convinced herself and reached for the lamp on the nightstand, turning it off and heading to sleep.
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Giuseppe put some Ice in his glass that was half filled with whiskey and grabbed the remote from the top of the table, turning up the volume on the news playing on the TV, he sat down on the cushioned chair near the table and smirked as he saw a families accusing a rival company of his for negligence in their quality of product that had now taken seven lives. The only thing common between the family and been that they had used the pharma products from life prism, a competitor company of his. They could never recover from the scandal like this now. The batches had been sent for testing, he just needed to make sure it was worse than it seemed and people would question the integrity of the producers.
Damon walked into his father's room and sighed of exhaustion seeing him watch TV. His father never watched TV so it must have been something important, "I see you've kept yourself busy."
His father looked at him through his silver framed glasses and turned the TV off, "I don't remember asking to see you."
Damon stepped forward, his arms now across his chest, "Just like I didn't remember signing up Stefan for that fraud of a company you're making."
His father frowned and slowly raised from the seat, "I think I've made myself clear about you not interrupting in that company's affairs, it has nothing to do with you."
"Why are you doing this father?" he asked genuinely confused now, "We had a deal about this, Stefan is my brother."
"Well he is not my son." His father spat and walked towards the window turning away from Damon, "That whore leaving him here was never acceptable for me."
Damon couldn't contain his anger any longer than this, he had spent a good portion of his life catering to his father's wishes and that's what he gets in return? His only condition to not leave this place when he was younger was that he wanted to secure Stefan's future and now he was definitely going to destroy that. "If you so much as think of harming him-"
His father interrupted turning with a glare that would definitely cause a few shivers in Damon, if he were still a twelve year old boy, not now, "How dare you threaten me?"
"You hurt my brother and I'll destroy you." Damon still completed his sentence, after a good while had he stood up to his father and looked past all the physical, emotional and verbal abuse that he had suffered at the hands of his father. "This disobedience will definitely cost you Damon."
Those words were so triggering because words like these were usually followed by beatings in his childhood or something so twisted, he remembered being locked in the cellar without food for two days or the time his father made him burn all pictures of his mother when he had complained that he missed her, the time Giuseppe used his ankle as an ashtray when he was thirteen. The list was endless. "I don't care if you want to start the company or not, I don't even care for not ever being the MD, you keep my family out of this." He seethed.
"Family." His father darkly chuckled, "Then who am I?"
"You know who you are." He bit the inside of his cheek to keep himself from further anger, "I've worked every day of my life for you, without questioning your decisions, I let you use me but this is where I draw the line where you want to hurt someone I love and care about."
"I never promised you anything." He said in a tone as if dismissing him. Damon shook his head, "What about every lesson you taught me about being a man? Is this what a man would do? Get to what he wants on the back of an abandoned boy left in his care."
He never thought of standing up to his father like this, sure that had a rocky relationship and had exchanged some words from time to time but he never stood up against him, "I know everything about your stupid plan with Klaus, you best keep Stef and I out of it." He warned before taking a step back, Giuseppe seethed, "I knew you'd turn out this way- ruining my future just like your mother."
He kept himself from saying anything and just looked straight at him as he spat insults, "Disloyal, worthless piece of garbage."
"Not garbage enough to buy people's boyfriends to screw with them- not even garbage enough to down that whiskey as celebration after fucking with a company's formula to sell your own shitty product." He accused and walked out of the room, a part of him worried about the consequences of this. He challenged the old guy and that meant he had to ready for anything.
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Damon checked his watch again, the parking lot was getting emptier by the minute and he could still see Elena hadn't left, she said she wouldn't leave the office but she didn't come yesterday and today he was at her school. He had been waiting for an hour after school now but Elena was no where to be seen, was she not at school either? He got out of the car and leaned against the door getting annoyed from all the waiting.
"I would consider this if you'd do it rather in a nice way, Damon, let's be honest your track record with me hasn't been that good at least make up for some of that."
Just one time, he would ask her one time and if she says no- no loss at all. He turned back and saw the bouquet of flowers on his front seat-slightly cringing at his effort.
"What are you doing here?" the voice not of Elena but of her brother, great- not the Gilbert he asked for.
"What do you mean by that? You-"
Jeremy interrupted, "I read her diary, stay away from my sister." He said in a low growl, Damon frowned at his behaviour, the boy was acting way too brave right now...in other words very stupidly. "Look kid I am not here to cause any problems, yes I wanted to talk to her about something." Jeremy gritted his teeth, "Don't dare, I used to be scared of you but not anymore, you try to manipulate my sister and I promise I'll destroy you. Elena may be naïve but I know what you are capable of."
"Really? Are you threatening me?" Damon couldn't help but chuckle, "How amusing. Jeremy I really don't want to remind you of what I am 'capable' of right now." He took a step ahead and pat his shoulder, "Go home and do your homework." Jeremy bit the inside of his cheek and in a second had fisted his hand, ready to launch against his jaw but Damon caught his fist in mid air, all signs of humour gone from his face, "Wow you really are stupid aren't you?" as he put a bit pressure on Jeremy's knuckles causing him to grit his teeth in pain. "Jer!" came a distant voice and then steps rushing, before even Damon could see her, Elena had pushed at his chest to get her away from his brother, standing in front of him in his defence, "What the hell, Damon" she shouted at him, she was wearing a cheerleader's uniform so he guessed she was late because of that? "What do you mean what the hell?
"What were you doing to him?" she asked enraged, the look of disappointment in her eyes so severe that it actually upset him, "He was trying to start a fight with me." He said looking over to Jeremy over her shoulder who was glaring at him the entire time, "Elena, you need to stay away from him." Jeremy finally spoke. She squeezed her eyes shut in frustration and turned back, "Jer, go sit in the car, right now." She ordered.
"But he-"
"Go." She said a bit calmer but more firm on her word, when Jeremy gave up with a scoff heading the other way, she turned back to him, hands across her chest, "Really? How could you threaten him again? He hasn't even recovered mentally from what your people did to him the first time."
He let out a breath, "I didn't even do anything-"
"Yeah because I was here on time, you know what, it's not your fault it's mine because I just started expecting a lot from you so me being hurt is on me." She interrupted his explanation but she could see he was already a bit 'sorry' or was that her eyes deceiving her, why was she always coming up with explanations for his behaviour in her head. He took a step towards her trying to hold her hands but she stepped back as if burned by his touch, "Listen, I know I shouldn't have-"
"That's right, not today not that day, but you still do, it's like you don't even care, don't you think he's important to me the way Stefan is important to you?." Her angry eyes a bit watery, "Don't ever come close to Jeremy again." She warned as she walked away at a fast pace to her car, he didn't even got to explain himself to her, he felt so disappointed and mad at himself. Why was he always screwing up around her, good, now he reminded her of why she despised him in the first place and he didn't know how to feel about that but he was really angry with himself, because she was mad and why did he care so much that she was lately, he clenched his fist as if squeezing an invisible stress ball, imitating the one he had at home, he turned back to his car and got inside, tossing the flowers to the back seat.
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"Great, just great." The curly hair brunette said sarcastically when she saw the man on her door, "Elijah you can't be here" she tried to sound normal but seeing him after so long really took her breath away. He still looked the same, he even had the same soft expression reserved for her only, "Kat, we need to talk."
"This isn't about us." She pursed her lips still not letting him in, the longer he'd stay, the more she would start to believe him, "besides-"
Elijah interrupted stepping a foot inside her house, "Really you came all this way, you are making Klaus go crazy with getting all these random inspections run on us, he could kill you, you know that? Do you care about that?"
"What? That I am the one who has control for once, is it bothering him- I won't when the company starts so I need to focus and catch him in a lie or anything. If you wanna help be my guest." She shrugged. His eyes narrowed on her face, he seemed a bit hurt, "That's always what you've wanted me for, to get your odds better at getting Klaus caught, how can you be so selfish?" he seethed. Katherine just stared at him for a few moments before opening the door fully and gesturing for him to come inside. She closed the door once he stepped in and there was still that very painful silence, "I don't know how I can prove to you about what I feel."
He had a look around her very messy apartment, just like he remembered Katherine could care less about anything if her clothes and shoes were managed properly, the rest of the house didn't matter, "Seems like you don't care to." He said crossing his arms over his chest, "You never did, you did whatever you could to ruin Klaus and then made me save you last moment."
"Are you implying that I used you?" she chuckled walking up to him, "You know I didn't, I was under suspicion for years in my department!"
"Me-Me-Me. That's all you care about." He bit out the words and her mouth dropped at his outburst, he was usually so calm and collected that she was taken aback , "I never did that, I was doing my job, I didn't even know when I started having feelings for you." She said swallowing thick, he pretended to be shocked, "Oh was sleeping with me a part of your 'job' as well, or saying you saw your future with me a part of this 'job' when you couldn't wait to get your hands on the fucking pharma project files in my locker."
"No, none of that is true, I didn't do any of that, I had to do what I was sent for- I just happen to see them there, then I was in this stupid confusion of what to do and what not." She stumbled on her words but took a deep breath reaching to cup the side of his face, "I am so sorry you- I know you can't forgive me."
"What do you even know about me? You know why I am here? Because I am trying to protect you in this Salvatore-Klaus thing, but you seem to care more about your 'job' again." He spat and stepped back from her turning to the side, "Come on, laugh at me for walking right into your trap again."
"Elijah, stop it. I care about you as well, I never wanted for you to find the way you did, I wanted to tell you before the whole thing just blew up right in my face." She palmed her forehead, "I don't know what to do, I have less than a month to prove the fraud. I am sorry I didn't have time to think or talk about this, I wanted to apologize , I did." She was out of breath by now and he could feel that she was very tense as she hyperventilated. "Everything is falling apart, all the lab tests are okay, I've investigated the investors- nothing is out of place this time and-"
"Katherine calm down." He said worrying that she might combust if she continued worrying like that, he let his guard down stepping forward and wrapping his arms around her, she rubbed her face against his chest, "No- you shouldn't be comforting me after what I did to you."
"It's okay- I'll be fine, right now you need to be okay." He pulled away and cupped her face, "Tell me what you need me to do." He said looking deep into her hazel eyes
She shook her head, "No, I don't ever want you to feel that I am using you."
"Kat- I won't let you down, if this will make you happy I'll do it." He promised.
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Elena was making herself some coffee in the evening, she had been so tired that she came back from the office in about two hours into duty, her parents weren't even home yet and Jeremy wasn't picking up the phone, it gave her a chance to put on loud music so it would keep her from thinking while she was finishing some assignments and also looking into apartments that people were available on rent. Her dad had told her to move out one too many times now. She poured some cream into her cup and licked the remaining off of her finger as she walked back to the living room where her laptop was on the table. She sat down on the couch and sipped from her coffee reaching for the laptop. After mailing the assignment she has due to tomorrow she was left thinking what to do next when she remembered the words , 'Tigmon site' she typed it on the search engine but no place came up, just a bit of irrelevant results, than she did it with the company's site to check if there was a branch, no branch named by that name, so where in the hell was this place where they were doing some deal with a guy from life prism, it caught her attention other night when the scandal news broke up the company's formula being toxic, was it slightly relevant to what she had heard?
A knock on the door made her whimper as it brought her out of her thoughts, she let out a sigh and keeping her laptop on the table got up to answer the door, when she opened the door her jaw nearly dropped seeing her brother with none other than Damon, how dare he be around her brother despite her warning him against it. "What-What's going on?"
"I picked Jeremy from practice." He shrugged, Elena looked at her brother who looked slightly annoyed but wasn't 'enraged' like the last time, he rolled his eyes, "I am gonna go take a shower." Her brother muttered as he moved aside her to go inside. She was still surprised when she turner back to him, she stepped outside and closed the door behind her, "I think I told you to stay away from him."
"Relax I was just talking to him, nothing happened-" he couldn't help but notice how weirdly adorable she looked in her 'relaxed' outfit, a plain blue t-shirt with brown shorts, she interrupted , "What in the world were you talking to him about?"
It was a bit out of character for him to be so civil and calm during conversions just like the last time and now today as well, what was going on with him, she was confused. He sighed, "Look, the thing you said about Stefan, I wouldn't want anyone to hurt him- you know that better than anyone, so what I did here a while ago was sudden and stupid- I wanted to-" his voice trailed off as she now looked at him like he had his all attention, all this intense eye contact was making him a bit nervous, which was new to him, "Wanted to?" She asked arching a brow.
"Apologize." He said after a big intake of breath. Her eyes widened, she seemed a bit too surprised and he wondered if she had never 'expected' from him to this extend, "You apologized to Jer?" She asked as if it was unbelievable.
He nodded, "Yes I did – and I just want you to know that as long as I am around, no one's going to hurt him again-ever." He sounded very serious about his promise, the thought melted her heart, she knew that he was not as bad as he thought he was, before he could leave she called after him as he was getting in his car"Damon, Jer told me the other day you were there to see me."
He pursed his lips, "It's not that important now." Elena walked up to him, standing In front of him, "Are you sure? If you wanted to ask about the meeting Klaus called for the investors, I wasn't in the office when that happened" she could tell he was hesitating because he didn't look like he wanted to stand there and talk to her and the whole thing reminded her of how awkward they were on the airport.
"No I wasn't there for that, I was there to talk to you about that dance." He confessed which made her look up at him, a blush found its way to her cheeks, "So talk." She wanted to hear him say something that her heart wanted to hear, her mind wouldn't accept that but she didn't want to listen to her 'wise' side. "Not-not here." He said nervously looking around as he absentmindedly ran his hand through his hair, she felt sudden disappointment that whatever he had on his mind that he wanted her to tell would now always remain a secret she wouldn't know, "Do you want to drive somewhere we can talk." He suggested and she felt stupid for instantly getting a bit excited by nodding, "Okay , I'll get my jacket."
When she came back outside, he was right there standing by his car, she pulled her brown jacket over herself to cover and walked to the passengers side, he held the door open for her and she let the opportunity pass without making some comment about him being a 'gentleman'.
"So, where are we going?" she asked once they had been on the road for a while without talking to each other, just stealing glances time to time, he sighed, "There is this place near my house- like near the forest, you'll like it."
"you care about what I like?" she asked suddenly which caught him by surprise, he bit his lip as if that had been a slip, "Elena- it's not just about this stupid dance, we have to be honest and I know it's a ridiculous word coming from me."
"I wasn't going to judge you , I agree- I already know." She said in a shaky voice, she didn't know how in the world she had the power but she reached for his hand resting on the wheel and squeezed it, "The only thing that surprises me is how you can let it happen, you should be the one to push me, you should tell me to get away from you and I'll try to be better but you should never trust me because someone like you could never be around someone like me." He said looking straight at the road but still not moving his hand that was touching hers, he heard her slightly gasp, "You're being so horrible to yourself, I know we are different and want different things but you are not a bad person."
He chuckled sarcastically but stayed quiet, she lifted her hand from his and he immediately missed her calming touch but not for long she started stroking the side of his hair with the same hand, "I am sorry I was mean to you the other day."
"You were completely right that day-"
She interrupted, "No-Its like there's an ongoing battle inside you, you want this but then you just start being cynical."
"Because I know me." He said looking at her for a brief moment, "I don't think so." She said sitting back and her hand now slipped down to the side of the seat. It was quiet in the car now and it was starting to bother her. A thing caught her attention when she was looking around the car, reaching into the back seat she picked up the almost dead flowers, "Great, I didn't get rid of it." He said under his breath, she was touching the top of them, "They look like they were pretty."
"hmmm." He avoided her gaze, "Were they for me?" she took a guess, he didn't say anything, "that just means they were."
"Wow you assume way too much." He tried to sound confident, it just wasn't happening today, he was a mess. "What if they were?" he said pulling the car to a side and killed the engine turning to her, "I still like them- they still have a bit of fragrance." She said as she bent to smell from the flowers. He gave a small smile to her which made her sigh in relief and she kept the flowers on her seat Getting out of the car, the right side of the road was a dense forest where a bit of the sunset light was still doing it's job by brightening it up the other side was road to the highway, he came up behind her and before she could speak, he held her by the waist, picking her up- she shrieked from the surprise as he put her on the boulder. He stepped over to it after her and held her hand, leading her to the forest, she didn't question it as she was busy looking around the beautiful forest, even though the sun was about to set she could still see some amount of light and hear the birds chirping, the fresh cold breeze caressing her skin, "So are you going to talk?" she said noticing he was a bit calmer than before, "Tell me what you want to hear me say" he said looking at her with an arched brow, "I know you're on cloud nine because of the fact that you won."
"I what?" she frowned letting his hand go, "Do you think this is some sort of game?"
"Isnt it?" he stood in front of her, "Somethings I thought were important to me doesn't matter now and I am just- changing and I don't like it." He swallowed thick, "I don't want to think about you and I, I don't think I've ever wanted this life that now I am suddenly so desperate to have."
"That doesn't mean I did anything. It's not some game where you lost- do you think it was easy to accept for me that the person I am falling for hates me?" she spat, "I don't hate you, you know that." He said now a bit serious, "In fact it's the complete opposite, I was so mad at you when my brother listened to you and not me- when everything happened and yet I couldn't let you die there. I could never do that to you. You looked harmless and innocent and I felt like a monster for even thinking about hurting you, nothing was your fault." He stepped ahead and cupped her face, "You keep trusting people like Matt and I, that's just going to hurt you."
"That's not true, you aren't like him." She said firmly, "I believe in you even if you don't, you don't see it yet." She touched the top of his hands that rested on her cheeks, "But you will, just trust me."
"I do." He whispered and closed his eyes letting his forehead fall against hers, "So who is this new sleazy guy who wants to take you to the dance?"
She narrowed her eyes, "and how is this your business?"
"You know what they say, keep your enemies closer." He smirked, she gasped and pulled back hitting his arm, "Fine, It's not like I had one Salvatore on the list."
"Dances are stupid-" he rolled his eyes, "besides you wouldn't want to be seen with me."
Truth, but why did it matter to her no matter what anyone say, she felt she had been alone through everything for the last few months, "It doesn't matter to me, does it to you." She said as she sighed and sat down on a fallen thick trunk, she looked at him as she bit the inside of her cheek, he too walked over and sat down by her side, looking at the setting sun, the sky was about three different colours but his favourite was the golden-red that melted into faint blue, the transition though normal was always so fascinating. "Not really." He huffed and looked at her, suddenly she seemed prettier than the scene his gaze had been focused on previously, had she really always been this beautiful or did he just started seeing it?
"So go with me." She said in a soft tone noticing how close they were sitting all of a sudden, he chuckled, "You really want to go to this thing don't you?"
She rolled her eyes seeing him acting all 'snarky' again and trying to move away from him but this time he placed his hand on her waist pulling her forward, "Okay, so I guess this is my win – since I made you 'ask' me, okay I'll go." He winked- her jaw dropped at his cocky tone- had this been a plan? She shook her head, "Wow, you sure you aren't twelve?"
"I outsmarted you like always." His grin getting wider, she scoffed, "Everything is a win or lose to you, you're pathetic you know that? Just because you have those baby blue eyes doesn't mean you're going to put on a show and guilt people into giving you what you want." She rambled, he laughed at her sudden outburst, "Are you complimenting my performance and how brilliantly I put my good looks to use?"
She too was smiling while trying to act like she was mad, "I don't know- maybe I should stop talking."
"Maybe I can help with that." He said above a whisper, the hold of his hand on her waist now firmer as he crashed his lips against hers, her body responded instantly as her arms wrapped around his neck pulling him closer and she opened her mouth for him, loving the way their tongues danced together. She knew she wanted more-never had she felt this strong desire for anyone, her legs started to wrap around his waist and slowly her body was lowering on the rough surface under him, he pulled away for a second maybe, stroking her cheek as he looked deeply into her eyes, his ocean eyes now dark with desire, she initiated the kiss this time, biting on his lower lip, pleasure was coursing through her veins as her lower body would arch up and touch his, but at the same time their clothes in between was making it almost painful, she wanted so much more. He pulled away, kissing her jaw down to her neck, his kisses had more force now, she moaned throwing her head back and giving him access as his lips trailed kisses to her shoulder, her peeled the jacket off from her body and she heard it drop on the floor, "It's getting dark." He said between kisses, she nodded- arching up her back to feel his hard body against her while her hand was reaching under his shirt to feel his chest- it felt incredible to actually feel what she imagined it would feel like touching him, he was just so dreamy in an illegal way, the sun had completely set and the weather was getting cold now, he suddenly stopped kissing her and just pulled slightly back, cupping the side of her face, "This, here is not a good idea- trust me."
She chuckled at his tone and nodded, "I think you're right. We should go before I start freaking out about the dark."
"Oh are you scared of the dark?" he sounded like he was going to use that fact, her legs hold on him loosened and she shook her head, "Like every other person." He got up and held her arm, helping her up, she laughed as he dusted the dust and dirt off her shirt, and picked up her jacket, putting it on her, "Here, it's going to be cold." He placed it on her shoulders, kissing her softly once more, she smiled into the kiss placing her hands on his chest and enjoying this affection, he parted slightly after a few moments "let's go."
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She didn't know what she was doing anymore, all she knew was there was something between them and she was very ready to discover it completely, he was the 'sweetest' she had ever seen him, at least around her , he wasn't bringing up work or contracts and Klaus as I'd he had put a complete pause on it , she wasn't even thinking about it herself because Damon was so good at 'distracting' her , anytime he was around, she found herself completely distracted due to the amazing things he did to her mind and body. Unfortunately, they never had much privacy or time to their selves , school and work- she was starting to get very bothered.
She was having a milkshake at pearls while working on a presentation that Klaus had asked her to arrange for another employee that was to presented for a new project, apparently editing was too complicated for the guy, she looked up from her work and sighed palming her forehead, her milkshake cup was almost empty and that made her more angry that she hadn't even noticed drinking the damn thing, "Stef can I get another one." She called from her corner spot but heard an "on it", A minute later he put the in front of her, "You know that company you were talking about the other day?"
"Life prism? What about it?" she asked looking up at him, "Well it was on the news earlier, a guy from their board of directors was murdered like a week ago and they just found the body in our lake."
"What?" she frowned, "You mean the one under the bridge in town?"
"Yeah, I thought it was so weird because we were talking about it at school and then this happened." He sighed, "Thanks for telling me." She said after a moment of silence, when Stefan went back to the counter, Elena quickly typed in her laptop to see if it was on news to get in more details.
"Okay- abducted about three weeks ago, pre- scandal, David Murphy." She bit her lip reading the latest developments of the case, her eyes snapped up when her laptop was slightly pulled out of her reach, "Look at you, being a dedicated nerd." Damon said as he pulled the laptop up, having a look, "Why is everyone so obsessed with this stupid company?"
She reached for it but he closed the laptop keeping it on the table, "What are you doing? "she gasped.
"It's nine o clock, I've been waiting outside for fifteen minutes and you weren't even picking up your phone." He complained, she bit her lip as she started gathering her stuff, "Yeah I turned it off maybe- It must have slipped my mind that I texted you."
She picked up the glass of milkshake and took a gulp, "Where were you yesterday?" she asked, "Out of town for something- don't ask." He said as he walked to her side and picked up her bag, "Looks like you missed me." He said grinning, she rolled her eyes and walked back to the counter , paying for her drinks, Damon was standing right there with her, "So you guys are getting along." Stefan commented breaking the silence between them, "A bit." Elena said shrugging.
"We have decided to be civil in public." Damon too spoke, Stefan coughed, "Damn God really does exist." He said turning back to the kitchen, Elena walked out of there and he followed, "Do you have to do that?" she said as she threw her jacket to his car from the window, "Do what?" he asked with a frown, she put her hands on her hips, "The way you purposely make it seem so fishy."
He sat inside the car with a chuckle, "I thought you didn't care."
"I don't- but this is our- our thing and I just don't want anyone to ruin it right now, you understand that right?" She said turning to him , "okay- stop getting mad already- here." He pulled a bag from the back and her stomach growled when she saw a burger packed for her, she smiled and reached forward kissing his cheek, "Thanks."
He cupped the side of her face and gave her a small kiss which made insides flutter. Soon he was driving her back home while she was eating her dinner, "Damon-" she said with a mouthful, "Chew, you know that annoys me."
She swallowed the bite with a frown, "I wanted to ask you something "
"Hmm go ahead." He shrugged, she licked her lips as if preparing herself to ask, "Do you know if the company has a 'Tigmon' site or some branch?"
"Umm I don't think so- why?" he asked as he placed his hand on top of hers, she squeezed his hand back, "Nothing important- I just heard your father say that word, it was stuck in my head."
He looked at her for a moment before looking back at the road, "Must be a code or something, he has a lot of those made up." Damon shook his head, "Just stay out of his business, he's completely went insane, trusting Klaus-"
Damon continued ranting about them while her mind was occupied by this- the whole connection was bothering to her-she had to find this place Giuseppe had been talking about.
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