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It had been almost a week since the pageant, Stefan was still locked up and me and Elana had taken pretty much permanent residency in the Boarding House. "Morning." I heard Damon say walking into the kitchen.
"Morning." I said, pouring my second cup of coffee, "How's Stefan?"
"Brooding, full of guilt classic Stefan." Damon took the coffee pot from me and poured his own cup. "Pretty sure he's hallucinating, sounds like about when we turned."
"I don't think I've ever heard that whole story."
"Not much to tell, we died, we fed and now we're here."
"How exciting," I said rolling my eyes.
"We'd been drinking Kathrine's blood for a while, Stefan stupidly thought we could trust our father, she got captured when we went to save her we both got ourselves shot. The council scooped her back up and put her in the tomb or so we thought, seeing as she escaped."
"So you spent all this time hating him because he got Kathrine caught?"
"Mostly." He shrugged.
Elena walked in stopping the conversation, "I hate seeing him like this."
"You agreed to lock him up."
"You helped."
"Well, he did try to kill Alexis, can't have him running around after that."
"So you didn't just do it out of the kindness of your heart?"
"HA!" He laughed, "I would have killed him myself if anything serious would have happened to Alexis. You would have been down a sister and a boyfriend."
I scowled at him, he just looked at me and shrugged, it was a shitty way to put it but I kept my opinion to myself because I hadn't exactly forgiven Stefan. "Did you find out what that device Pearl gave you?" I asked changing the subject.
"Nope, I think it's broken."
"Or it's an operator error." I laughed.
"So I'm going to run to the house and pick up some things," Elena announced.
"Ooo can I come? I need a new book to read." I asked, putting my cup in the sink.
"There is a whole library less than 100 yards from where you're standing," Damon replied, pointing.
"I'm well aware but if they are my books you can't talk shit about me folding down pages." I shrugged.
"I'll still talk shit about it, either way, bookmarks were created for a reason."
"It blows my mind the things that aggravate you sometimes. Blood all over the blanket no biggie, fold a tiny corner of a book and the whole fucking world is coming to an end." I said laughing, "Elena, I'm ready when you are."
"I just have to grab my bag, I'll meet you outside."
"I could make it worth it if you stay here," Damon wrapped his arms around me and nuzzled his head in my neck, planting small kisses up to my ear.
"Mmm, as tempting as it is to stay, I have an ulterior motive to going home."
"Finally tired of me?" He asked, pulling his face away.
"You wish, nope you're stuck with me. I have a couple of packages at the house."
"You could have had them sent here."
"Well one of them is pot. I leave the money, the dealer drops it in the spot, I pick it up the next day."
"What's the other."
"I'm going to make my own magic ring." I gave him a quick kiss before pulling away and walking outside. When we got to the house I ran to the kitchen to check through the mail taking the small brown envelope addressed to me. I put it in my bag before going to the back yard, reaching in the hollow of one of the trees I pulled out the half-ounce bag I'd been waiting for. I ran upstairs Elena had just hung up her phone, "Your boyfriend is an ass." She said shoving her phone into her pocket.
"It's part of his charm." I shrugged, "You ready?"
She looked over her bag once, "Yeah I got everything let's go."
"Afternoon ladies." A voice from behind me made me jump, it was John I moved to stand next to Elena.
"John," I said.
"I was wondering if you guys had a few minutes to talk, I've barely seen the two of you."
"Most people would take the hint," I smirked.
"Actually, uncle John we're just about to head out." Elena stepped towards the door but John wouldn't move.
"I know that you two know." His eyes darted between the two of us.
"Know what?" Elena asked.
"Let's not play dumb shall we, what would your mother say if she knew that not one but both of her daughters were dating vampires."
"Which one?" I said finally having enough and pushing past him.
Once back at the boarding house Damon greeted us at the door, "Stefan won't eat, maybe if you talk to him." He said to Elena she nodded and headed downstairs.
"I'm going to go put my stuff upstairs," I said smiling at Damon.
As I turned to walk away he grabbed my wrist. "Not so fast, I want to hear more about this magic ring."
"Well follow me and I'll show you." I tugged my arm towards the stairs. When we got into his room I pulled out the brown envelope, opened it up dumping a ring into my hand.
"A mood ring?" He laughed.
"Yes but it's perfect for what I want to do if someone wants to hurt me and they are close by then it'll change colors. It's no daylight ring, and it won't bring me back from the dead but at least now I have a heads up."
"So this is just about Bonnie then?"
"It started with Bonnie, I am just making sure I don't get blindsided again. It's perfect mood rings are supposed to change colors so it's inconspicuous."
"Come on, I hear Elena." He said lacing his fingers through mine.
Elena was sitting on the couch when we walked in, "He won't eat for me either."
"He feels guilty so he's being dramatic, he's not actually going to starve himself," Damon said.
"Alexis maybe if you go down-"
"Nope." I interrupted.
"Why not? If you forgive him maybe it'll take away some of the guilt."
"But I don't forgive him," I said, Damon cocked his head to the side, giving me a questioning look. "What I don't and I'm sure not going to go down there and pretend everything's ok. Fuck that."
"I can't believe you're acting like this, he's down there beating himself up over all of this."
"I guarantee there's more than just guilt for what he did to me rolling around in that head of his, what about Amber?"
"Ok so I'm going to go, me and the teacher have an errand to run." Damon chimed in before turning towards the door.
"Alaric?" Elena asked, "Since when do you have friends?"
"I don't. Well, other than this one." He answered, pointing to me.
"Can I come?" I asked.
"No, stay here keep Elena out of trouble."
"Yeah I'm not staying with Guilt Trip Magee over there, I'll entertain myself somewhere else." I tried to walk to the door but Damon caught my hand pulling me to face him.
"Where are you going?"
"You first."
"For real where are you going?"
"Wouldn't you like to know?" I smiled before pulling my hand back and walking outside. I pulled the door closed behind me, can't tell me no if you can't see me. "Invisique" I whispered, not wanting Damon to hear me. As quietly as I could I opened the door and snuck into the back seat pulling the door closed as quietly as possible, praying his super-hearing hadn't picked it up and the spell would hide my heartbeat.
Damon got in the car and so far so good he hadn't seemed to notice me, Jesus he drives fast when he thinks he's by himself. My plan was working great until Alaric got to the car, he looked dead at me. I pressed my finger to my lips hoping he wouldn't say anything.
He sat down pulling the seat belt over himself "You know Alexis is in the back seat right?" He said to Damon.
"Son of a bitch, Ric," I yelled, making myself visible.
"What the hell Alexis?" Damon half yelled turning around, "I told you no."
"And one day you might learn that I don't listen very well." I crossed my arms and leaned back into the seat.
"Out, or I'll drag you out." He reached for the door handle.
"I'd like to see you try," I laughed, raising my eyebrow.
"Children, can we?" Alaric spoke up, "How you two haven't killed each other yet is beyond me."
"It's a delicate process, part of which is an agreement to not use magic on me," Damon said, shifting the car back into drive.
"Technically I used magic on myself," I smirked.
"Bet you're proud of that little loophole."
"I am, so where are we going anyway?" I asked Damon and Alaric looked at each other but didn't say anything, "What?"
"We're following a lead on Isobel." Damon finally answered.
"I lied, let me out," I started feeling panicked leaning up in the seat.
"Should have thought about that before you jujued your way back there." He looked in the rearview mirror, "Sit back and keep your magic to yourself we'll be there shortly."
"How did you get this lead anyway? I thought Isobel didn't want to be found."
"I have a friend from Duke do some sniffing," Ric said simply.
We drove for a little while longer before Damon pulled to the curb, "Stay here." He growled, looking at me.
"Don't you ever get tired of this game? You never win."
"You didn't even want to come when you found out where we were going."
"I'm here now might as well see this through."
"If I could have a stroke, I guarantee you'd be the cause of it." He got out of the car moving the seat and letting me out.
We walked up to the steps and Ric spoke up, "This is the one, it was paid up three months in advance."
"This might get tricky. I may not be able to get in." Damon said as we walked up the stairs.
"Yeah, how does that work? Do you always need to be invited in?"
"By the owner or person of entitlement, short term rentals and hotels get a little tricky."
"Can we not kill anyone this time?"
I snorted at Alaric's comment, Damon glared at me. Alaric tried the door it was locked Damon went to break the handle.
"Wait." I said I stepped in front of him, grabbed the knob and heard the lock disengage, "Let's not make it look like we broke in."
Damon waved his hand through the threshold "We're good no permanent resident." Damon grabbed my hand, "You, stay, with, me."
"You're being very bossy today and I'm not sure I like it," I said trying to pull my hand away but Damon held on a little tighter.
"Well if you would just listen every once in a while I wouldn't have to be."
I rolled my eyes but followed him through the front of the house, someone had definitely been living here. Damon opened the fridge, "Ric we've got company."
SLAM we both turned around Ric had been pushed against the wall, we watched the vampire fall he got back up to charge again I dropped him to his knees.
"Let him go, I know him," Damon said pushing my arm down.
"Damon?" The vampire asked.
"Henry right? You were in the tomb."
"Yes, sir."
I snickered, "Sir, that's cute."
"It's called manners," Damon said, turning to me. "You should try it sometime."
He was clearly still mad about me sneaking on this little outing but I couldn't help myself, "If I ever call you sir you'll know my brain is officially broken beyond repair."
Damon ignored me as Henry spoke up, "What are you doing here?"
"John sent us," Damon said simply.
"Oh, you know John."
"Known him for years, witchy here is actually his niece." He nudged his head towards me. "How do you know John?"
"He's been helping me out since I got out of the tomb."
"Helping you what?" I asked.
"Adapt, a lot had happened in 145 years. I've had to learn about cars, microwaves, the internet. Did you know you can find out anything on your phone?" He looked so excited.
"Do you live here alone or is someone else here?" Alaric asked from the doorway.
Henry gave him a strange look.
"That's my friend's passive-aggressive way of asking, does a woman named Isobel live here?" Damon elaborated, I tense in my seat, please say no, please say no.
"Just me, I really only know John. I help him keep an eye on things." Henry stated.
"What things"
"The other tomb vampires, they are still pretty pissed at the founding families, not me though I'm cool and happy to be out. Those tomb boys though they are looking for revenge."
"What does he want with them?"
"Nothing that I know of just wants to keep an eye on them."
"That's John always the do-gooder."
Henry's phone started ringing. He looked down, "What do you know that's John now." He went to answer but Damon stopped him.
"Can I talk to him?"
"Sure." Henry handed over his phone but Damon just held it.
"You going to answer that?"
"Am I going to answer this?" Damon said, making eye contact with Ric.
Henry's demeanor changed and he turned towards Ric Damon grabbed him as Ric drove a stake through his chest.
"Let's not kill anyone tonight. Your words," Damon said to Ric.
"Did you have to kill him?" I asked.
"He knew who we were, vampires can't be compelled. The last thing we need is John knowing we're looking for Isobel."
I knew Damon was right but I kind of felt bad for Henry. We looked around the apartment not finding anything of importance, Damon threw a beer to Alaric and took a blood bag for himself.
"This place is clean," Alaric said sitting on the couch.
"What did you expect? Isobel, to be here partying, living her life this close to you and the forgotten twins?"
"I'm impossible to forget thank you very much," I said, feeling a little hurt.
"Yes, Yes you are," Damon said.
"I've got to stop this... I can't keep living like this looking for her." Alaric said rubbing his face.
"After only what two years? That's actually pretty healthy." Damon smirked.
"What are you going on 146?"
"I was going for 200 but circumstances changed." Damon looked smiling at me for the first time since leaving the house. I gave a small smile back before looking at my shoes. This particular conversation made me uneasy.
"I keep thinking I want to know the answers to all of the questions I have, no answer would really be enough."
"She was charming for sure, smart, and talked a good game. She reminded me of Kathrine, probably why I changed her instead of killed her."
"Ok, I'm officially uncomfortable enough with this conversation I'm going to walk away." I stood up and headed for the door.
"Yeah she's right I don't really want to hear about it either."
I walked outside, letting the still cool air of the night wash over me, the guys got rid of the evidence that we'd been there complete with Damon wiping off the front doorknob. He stuck his hand out to me "Come on." He said. I took it, lifting myself off of the steps and headed towards the car. I settled myself in the backseat and played on my phone, the closer we got to Mystic Falls the more nervous I got. I knew we were going to fight, loophole or not me sneaking into the car was pretty shady. We dropped Ric off and I climbed over the seat, "So..." I said trailing off.
Damon didn't say anything just stared straight out the windshield.
"So you're not talking to me then?" I asked sinking into the seat a little more.
Still nothing.
"Damon."
"What Alexis? What would you like me to say? You want me to yell about the fact that you couldn't just once, just one fucking time listen to me. We've had this fight, you have to stop putting yourself in danger."
"What danger? You're a vampire, Ric is a hunter, I'm a witch pretty sure all the bases were covered."
"You didn't know that when you snuck into the car, how I didn't notice is beyond me." We were close to the house but Damon pulled off parking on the side of the road. "And how the fuck could Ric see you when I couldn't."
"That was my bad, I was too specific with the cloaking spell. I was only concerned with you not seeing me. If you would have just told me where you were going I wouldn't have had to sneak along, I wouldn't have even wanted to go. I probably would have just hung out in the woods and got stoned enough to not care about Elena's guilt trip."
"So it's my fault?"
"I'm not saying it's anyone's fault," I said, throwing my hands up. "Honestly we're both assholes."
"You're worse." He said, smirking at me.
"Ha! You've got a hundred plus years of assholishness over me."
Damon laughed before starting the car and pulling back on to the road. We walked into the Boarding House and Elena was sitting on one of the couches journaling.
"Don't you have a home of your own?" Damon said sitting on the couch across from her pulling me down with him.
"If you two were expecting the house to yourselves sorry to disappoint you." Elena quipped.
"Oh, we don't care if anyone hears." I snickered.
"I know." She replied in a flat tone, she looked at Damon "So how was your errand."
"Other than your sister's magical stowaway attempt-"
"Successful attempt," I interjected.
"Anyway it was pretty useless other than I think the teach had an existential crisis. Stefan eat yet?"
"You care now.?" She asked closing her journal.
"Morbid curiosity." He shrugged.
"He seems better but he's not quite there yet, maybe if you hadn't made it your mission to make him miserable for the last 145 years."
"I'm tired of getting blamed for things today, I assume he didn't finish the story."
"No, there's more?"
"I'd like to hear the rest too," I said genuinely curious.
"Fine," Damon got up and poured himself a drink before sitting back down and sighing. "We weren't going to turn, vampirism was for Kathrine." I winced a little, I heard that name a few too many times today, Damon squeezed my leg and continued, "I stayed at the quarry while Stefan went say goodbye to our father, they fought. Stefan didn't know his own strength, killed him and completed his transition. He tried to convince me to turn talked about eternity, how awesome it was, how powerful he felt. He compelled some girl from town to follow him back and tempt me to turn, the rest is history. Stefan had that first taste of human blood and it changed him."
"So that's the guilt he's carried around all this time it's because he made you turn?" Elena asked.
"That's his choice, he wants to feel guilty about it then so be it."
"Don't," Elena stood up, "don't act like you don't care."
She stomped off towards the basement.
"Pissed her off." I said getting up, "I'm going to find a book."
"I thought that's one of the reasons you went home."
"It was, I forgot." I shrugged, "I was too excited about my ring." I walked into the library scanning the shelves I'd only been in there a couple of minutes when Damon walked in and sat on the couch a brand new drink in his hand.
"Find anything?" He asked.
"No, I've got too many options." I shrugged and walked over to the couch, "I probably would only make it a few pages in any way." I sat down and stretched out so I was leaning on him.
"I could wake you up." He shifted just a little, running his hands down my arms.
"Oh yeah?" I said smiling, sitting up and facing him. "I'm listening."
Damon pulled me into his lap, tangling his finger in my hair pulling me in, nipping at my lip I opened my mouth and his tongue swirled around. He broke away and pulled my head back, kissing down my neck, his hands dropped to my hips, pulling me flush against him.
"Ahem." I heard from the doorway I looked and saw Elena and Stefan. I felt my entire body tense and now my speeding heart rate had nothing to do with how close Damon was. "I'll be upstairs," Elena said to Stefan before walking out.
"I'm going to go too, come up when you're done," I said and quickly, kissed Damon on the cheek, and hopped off his lap. I walked out into the hall, putting as much space between me and Stefan on my way out as possible.
"Are you ok?" Elena asked as we got to the stairs.
"Yeah, tired it's been a long couple days." I lied.
"You sure? You're kinda pale."
"I'm fine, I'm glad everything is ok with you and Stefan." I tried to give a genuine smile before walking into Damon's room.
"Good night." She said before I'd closed the door. I had a mission to accomplish, picking up my ring from the bed, and walked to the bathroom. Finding a cup I filled it up with water and dropped the ring in, "ut ego animadverto ut eorum magis nocere animo mecum scilicet." The ring sunk down and bobbed back up, I pulled it out and put it on my middle finger.
"Did it work?" I heard Damon's voice from the doorway.
"I don't know, not really a way to test it." I shrugged my shoulders and looked at the ring. The stone was blue, it would change to black if I was in danger.
"Well that sounds like a bang-up plan, so you're just going to wear it and hope it works?"
"Well unless you plan on putting me in real danger then yes." I walked past him turning around when I got halfway between him and the bed, "But we both know you'd never actually hurt me so I don't think that would work either." I turned back around and took a step hitting something solid. I tilted my head up and saw Damon smirking at me, I held up my hand to show him a still blue ring. "Scaring me and being an actual threat to my life are very different things," I said, returning a smirk.
"I'll keep that in mind," he kissed me on the forehead and stepped past me, I heard the shower start and decided I was going to get comfortable. I slipped on a pair of boy shorts and one of the t-shirts I'd stolen from Damon, raided my hidden stash of snacks and flipped through the channels until Damon walked out in just a towel.
"Where did you get Twizzlers?" He asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Well ya see, this house is ginormous, I have snacks hidden everywhere." I laughed, "I may have a problem."
"Everywhere?"
"Well not literally the front room, library, here, you know places I frequent."
He moved the bag and sat down with his back against the pillows pulling me on top of him, "I'm almost impressed with just how strange you are sometimes."
"Strange or resilient?" I asked before leaning down pressing my lips to his, he ran his tongue across the seam of my lips I opened my mouth his tongue swirled around as his fingers dug into my hips. My hands gripped his shoulders, my body molded to his, he pushed his hands under my shirt running his hands up over my stomach. I moaned as his hands moved up cupping my breasts and rubbing his thumb across my nipples, making them pebble, I pulled my shirt over my head. He rolled us so he was on top, planting soft kisses down my neck nipping with blunt teeth at my collarbone, I ran my nails down his chest.
Damon let out a low growl as I got to the top of the towel, it came off easily when I pulled at it. I wrapped my hand around his dick pumping slowly, rubbing my thumb over the head when I got to the top. Damon shuddered under my touch before pulling my hands up above my head, running his tongue down my chest, pulling a nipple in his mouth. He bit it while pinching the other between his thumb and forefinger. I arched my back, closing the small space between us, he switched sides with his mouth letting his other hand roam down my stomach. I let out a gasp as it slid under the waistband of my underwear and found the small bundle of nerves that had been begging for attention.
He leaned back pulling my panties down my legs still rubbing my clit making me pant, a smirk rolling across his face he ran his fingers down my slit, "You're so wet." He said before pushing two fingers inside me curling them finding my g-spot. My hands gripped the sheets, I bucked my hips and I could feel the pressure building to the breaking point.
He moved us in a flash, my hands were on the bed bent just a little at the waist Damon behind me, he rubbed his erection against my clit teasing me. He lined himself up. I threw my head back when he entered me, his fingers dug into my hips. He tangled his fingers in my hair, pulling my head to the side and kissed my neck still thrusting himself in and out. He let go of my hair and found my clit again rubbing circles, my knuckles were white from gripping the sheet so hard I moaned out his name "Come for me." He whispered in my ear then bit into my shoulder, I exploded around him, still fucking me through my orgasm, he came right behind me. I was thankful he was holding me up because my legs were jelly and I would have landed on the floor, I climbed on the bed and caught my breath. Damon climbed over me laying down, he bit into his wrist and I took it, I threw my arm over his chest, he kissed the top of my head and I fell asleep listening to him breathe.