Mystic Falls, 2013

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She didn't know how, but Damon managed to convince her to follow him to Salvatore's boarding house. And now Felicity was sitting on the couch in cavernous living room, listening to Damon explain the rules to the drinking game he thought up.

"Name the worst thing Katherine Pierce has ever done. Rule number two: Toast to the glory of her impending death. Rule number three: If you come across something that's worse, which you will, repeat rules one and two." He pours four shots.

"Don't you think it's a tad insensitive? I can hear her upstairs, dying." Felicity tried to reprimand him to no avail.

"No, because Katherine pretended to be buried in a tomb for 145 years, while I waited for her lying ass." He picks up a shot and drinks it.

"Okay, but don't expect me to join in." She declined offered whiskey shot. "And so you know, I don't support underage drinking." Felicity said her gaze set on Jeremy.

Damon sent her amused smirk, his eyes sparkling with mirth and confidence that he knows something she doesn't.

"And I'll have you know what I'm his legal guardian."

Snort slipped out from her mouth.

"Who would be so stupid to entrust their child's future in to your capable hands?" She rose from her seat. "I need wine for this."

Damon sighted knowing well her obsession with good red wine.

"Wine cellar is down this corridor third door to the left. Go down the stair and then second door to the right. And while you there, bring back a bottle of champagne to toast to evil witch's demise." Vampire shouted to her retreating figure, at that she just rolled her eyes even though he didn't see.

Walking to retrieve the drink of her choice blond heard Damon goading Matt and Jeremy to join him in the next round.

DS*DS*DS

Damon watched her until she disappeared around the corner. Once she was out of the view he turned his attention to Matt.

"Quarterback, go."

"Uh..." Blond man got caught not expecting the question. His attention was still directed towards the way Felicity went to. Puzzlement was glazing his eyes. That only gain him contemptuous glare from Damon.

"Little Gilbert." He nodded to one of three shots left on the coffee table.

"She fed me to Silas and I died." Jeremy slammed empty glass on the table.

"Doozy." Dark haired vampire raised another glass. "Wait... Does the one I mentioned before beats pretending to be Elena and kissing me on the front porch of your old house?"

Jeremy feigns thinking it over. "I don't think so."

"I don't think so too. Damn." Damon gulps down his whiskey cheering his companions to participate in walk down memory lane with prize up ahead.

"Also she made me crash my car into the pole and left me for death... again." He takes whiskey Damon just poured.

Finally breaking out of his revere Matt decided to add his own input.

"My sister is dead because of her." He drinks.

"Yes she is... Because I wouldn't have even been in town to turn Vicky into murderous vampire if I wasn't trying to get Katherine out of a tomb she wasn't in." There was a tiniest hint of remorse in Damon's voice. Not only for Vicky's untimely death but and for someone he hurt, because he was unable to shake off his obsession with wretched woman before his hopes for bright future were lost. Only memories remained and all 'what ifs'.

He had no desire to walk the gloomy nostalgia lane, it was time to celebrate, so he handed both boys one more shot and taking one as well, he jovially shouted.

"Group shot!"

"Seriously?"

Elena's voice caused somber silence spread in the room, as she made her way to the room with Caroline and Bonnie following closely behind.

"Elena... We're were just... uh..." Matt tried to find words to vindicate their actions.

"I know what you're doing." She strode straight to Jeremy and snatched shot glass out of his hands. "You're cut off."

A moment of awkward silence stretched out as Damon and Elena's eyes met. He was hoping to avoid meeting her for awhile. They both still were quite raw since they break-up just last night. Trying to dissuade unpleasant situation Elena raised Jeremy's drink.

"If anyone is drinking for Katherine's last days, it's going to be me."

She downs whiskey in her hand in one go.

"She impersonated me... repeatedly." Downs another shot. "Made Aunt Jenna stab herself in the stomach and she cut off Uncle John's fingers."

"He might have deserved that." Younger Gilbert piped in.

People in the room nod acknowledging the truth of his statement.

"My Grams died trying to close a tomb she wasn't in." Bonnie voiced another one of Katherine's sins.

Since not all dying woman's victims are present, Caroline offers one for her ex-boyfriend.

"Tyler's werewolf curse got triggered because of her."

"Klaus followed her to Mystic Falls and because of that, we lost Jenna." Elena drinks again.

"And Alaric." Damon adds still missing his best friend.

"She tried to kill me at least twice." Damon's drinking game became the competition. Trying to one up one another remembering worst deeds Katherine did in her life.

"She did kill me... Although I'm weirdly better off." It was strange for Caroline to feel gratitude towards the woman she detested for so long, so she washed that feeling with alcohol and listened to hear what else others will think up.

Now that there were six of them doing shots, celebrating Katherine's death, booze evaporate much faster. They were already on their second bottle and still no one saw the end to evil, diabolical things Katherine caused for them. So Matt, always one to think ahead, decided to restock their alcohol supply and was about to stand up. But before he could do that group was interrupted by Felicity standing in archway, holding a bottle of wine in one hand and champagne in the other.

"Damon look that I found. 1982 Chateau Lafite Rothschild. Oliver owes me one for the favor I did for him. But I think he forgot, or there wasn't any wine to begin with, because reasons he gave me were bogus. So... No wine, but he did transferred million dollars in my bank account before leaving. Stupid need to take responsibility for everything what's wrong in the world." She started rambling, slightly shaking her head lost in her story, not noticing how far off topic she gone.

"Lis." Damon said calm and clearly. Long time ago accustomed to her runaway mouth. He still remembers the shock and amusement he felt after all those times when her brain to mouth filter failed her and she couldn't stop babbling.

"Oh." she looked around spotting new faces in the room. Felicity looked down to see that she was still holding two bottles, therefore had no free hands.

"Catch." She gave Damon moment's notice before throwing champagne at him. Her aim was impeccable and only his supernatural reflexes helped him to catch bottle and avert imminent head trauma."Glasses?"

"Behind you. Third shelf from the top." His accommodating, almost pleasant behavior caught others off guard, only unperturbed was Felicity. She went straight to the cabinet and retrieved glass for red wine.

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Felicity felt the tension rising in the room. Her guess it had something to do with her. Doing her best to ignore it she uncorked wine and poured some for herself. Taking the sip and enjoying the taste on her tongue she finally faced the rest group.

They were silent, watching her with varying degrees of curiosity. Only the doppelganger girl was looking not at her, but at Damon. She sent accusatory glare at him as if he betrayed her somehow.

First one to break the ice was cheerleader type blonde girl. Her bubbly personality was evident in her voice and body language.

"Hi! I'm Caroline Forbes. This is my friends Bonnie Bennett," She gestured to chocolate colored girl sitting on Jeremy's armchair's arm. "And Elena Gilbert." She pointed to doppelganger, not bothering to introduce guys since they weren't surprise by her presence.

"Caroline? Earlier Damon confused me for you. He actually thought you came to gloat over the fact that he and Elena broke-up." Felicity chuckled remembering Damon's stunned expression once he realized his mistake. "And Bennett. Mhmm..." She looked straight in the eyes to former witch, who felt unknown energy flow through her body unable to look away from penetrating crystal blue eyes. It lasted just for the second although it seemed much longer."You'd make your ancestors proud." Statement was vague but showed that she was familiar with witches.

After this strange, somewhat awkward encounter Matt decided that they definitely need more booze and itching to do something other than sit in uncomfortable silence, he left for the cellar.

Once he left Elena was the first to catch up to the fact that Felicity yet to introduce herself.

"You forgot to introduce yourself. Who are you?" Doppelgangers' voice was prim, insecurities running under false bravado.

Blond grinned wide; sending Damon mischievous look asking for permission at which he only raised amused eyebrows. Felicity squared her shoulders and took deep breath before revealing the name she got thirty three years ago.

"Felicity Salvatore."