Fifteen minutes later, Elena was dressed and waiting out on the porch of the Forbes residence for Elijah to pick her up. When he did, Elena asked if they could stop by the Gilbert House for her to pick up a dress that was suitable, and Carol Lockwood approval, for the Tea Party, only for Elijah to tell her that he already had something for her.
Taking her back to his house, Elijah led her to the bedroom where he had laid out a Black Vintage Sleeveless Floral Print Tea Party Dress with Black Vintage Embroidered Women Flats Flower Slip Shoes. Not that Elena knew that the entire outfit was vintage. After getting dressed and along with Elijah telling her that she looked beautiful in the dress, causing her to blush lightly and thank him, saying that he looked dashing, they went to the Lockwood Estate for the Tea Party.
Carol came over to Elena after the Witch left Elijah to talk with the Fells about his 'work'."Elena, how thoughtful of you to introduce Elijah to other Founding Families, especially now that you have a lot of time on your hands, it's wonderful to actually see you at these conventions more often."Carol said, smiling approvingly at Elena after giving her a once over."And I love your outfit, is the dress vintage?"
"Vintage? I'm not sure, it was gift from Elijah for helping him with a little bit of research."Elena said, smiling back at the older woman."And I love your dress, too, Mrs. Lockwood."Elena said politely just as Elijah came over to them.
"Elena, Mrs. Lockwood, it's lovely to see you again."Elijah greeted them.
"Hello, Elijah, we were just talking about you."Carol said, smiling at Elijah, who smiled back at her politely."You know, I was wondering..."Carol trailed off questionably and Elijah made a small gesture for her to continue."Have you spent much time in Richmond for your book? There's such a wealth of history there."
"Although, that doesn't mean that there isn't a wealth of history here, either, with some of the slavery acts, along with the rumours of those Witches trials we talked about, Mrs. Lockwood, that happened around these parts."Elena said and Carol grimaced slightly but nodded.
"Those too."She said in agreement before taking a sip of her tea.
"No. I'm focusing mostly on the, uh, smaller regions of Virginia."Elijah said, smiling and looking interested in what Elena said about Witch Trials."Lots of research. Strictly academic."
"That's fascinating."Carol said before noticing Damon."Damon, what a surprise."
"Carol. Hi."Elena rolled her eyes and glanced at Jenna, sharing a grimace with her Aunt.
"Hi. Elijah, I want you to meet Damon Salvatore."Carol introduced Damon to Elijah."His Family is one of Mystic Falls' Founding Families."
"Mm-hm. Such a pleasure to meet you."Damon said, although his tone said he was anything but happy.
"No, pleasure's mine."Elena and Carol watched as they shook hands.
"Oh, Damon, have you seen what Elena is wearing? Elijah got it for her."Carol said, gesturing to Elena, who put on a smile as she looked at Damon.
"Cute outfit, Ellie."Damon said, giving Elena a once over."If you needed a dress for this event, I could have gotten you something, more prettier."
"Thanks Damon."Elena gritted out, trying her best not to show how much she hates him in front of Carol.
"I think it looks perfect for her."Carol stated, frowning at Damon before looking at Elijah."It's vintage, isn't it?"
"It is."Elijah agreed, shocking Elena and Damon.
"Vintage, like as in, it's really expensive that you can't get it a normal store?"Elena asked, her voice nearly coming out squeaky and Elijah hid a smirk while Carol nodded."You shouldn't have, really, Elijah."
"Oh, if you three will excuse me."Carol said as one of the other guests called her over, and left to talk with them.
"Maybe we should talk somewhere without anyone overhearing us."Elena said after a few minutes of watching the two Vampires glare at one another.
"What a perfect idea, Elena."Elijah said and the duo followed Damon to Richard Lockwood's old office and Elena shut the door. However, before she fully shut the door, she caught John's disapproving gaze and glared at him, barely resisting from slamming the door shut in anger before turning to look at Elijah and Damon.
"What can I do for you, Damon?"Elijah asked as Elena went and sat down on the couch, eyeing Damon warily while Elijah stood behind the couch she was sitting on.
"I was hoping we could have a word."Damon stated, turning to look at Elijah.
"Where is Emily?"Elijah questioned instead of agreeing to whatever Damon wanted to talk to him about.
"Safe with Stefan."Damon answered."They're laying low. You know, bit of a Werewolf problem."
"Oh, yeah. I heard about that."Elijah said as if they were having a small talk.
"I'm sure you did, since it was your Witch that saved the day."Damon said, sounding sarcastic.
"You are welcome."Elijah stated.
"Which adds to my confusion"Damon sat down on the arm of an armchair."of exactly why you're here."
"Why don't you just stay focused on keeping Emily safe and leave the rest to me."Elijah said before holding his hand out to Elena."Come darling, we're missing out on the party."Elena stood up and came to stand by his side, taking his hand and they went to leave, only for Damon to appear in front of them, eyes narrowed on their joint hands for a second before turning his complete attention on Elijah.
"Not good enough."He practically growled out and Elijah's eyes became sharp and hard before he suddenly grabbed Damon by the throat.
Letting go of Elena's hand, Elijah darted over to the wall near the desk, slamming Damon into said wall. The sound drew Elena's, who had let out a startled gasp, eyes over to them. Damon grunted in brief pain for a second before he grabbed Elijah's throat, thinking if he could get a good grip to effect Elijah's grip on his throat, he'd get the upper hand.
Elena, seeing his line of thinking, narrowed her eyes and Damon groaned in pain as he suddenly left like his head was splitting in two. When Elena saw how easily Elijah removed Damon's hand from his neck, she stopped giving Damon an aneurysm and stayed silent, merely watching Elijah take control of the situation that seemed to be under his control.
"You young Vampires, you're so arrogant."Elijah stated coldly.
"He's always arrogant."Elena muttered under her breath.
"How dare you come in here and challenge me?"Elijah said, making it sound like a question and a statement.
"You can't kill me, man. It's not part of the deal."Damon rasped out, using Elijah's and Emily's deal against him.
"Silence."Elijah demanded lowly to Damon.
"Yeah, but no one said anything about torture."Elena, who didn't hear what Elijah said, pipped up.
Elena smiled at Damon, when he managed to weakly glare at her while Elijah smirked. Elena's eyes widened briefly when Elijah suddenly jammed a pencil into the side of Damon's neck, drawing a shout of pain from the blue eyed Vampire before letting him drop against the desk and he and Elena watched as he pulled the pencil out of his bloody neck.
"I'm an Original."Elijah stated, pulling out a handkerchief."Show a little respect."He held out the handkerchief to Damon, who snatched it and held it against his bleeding neck."The moment you cease to be of use to me, you're dead"Damon pulled the now bloody handkerchief away from his neck."so you should do what I say."Elijah smiled down at Damon."Keep Emily safe."He walked over to Elena side and placed a hand on the small of her back."We really should get back to the party."He said and started to guide Elena out of the study as Damon looked up him.
"What the hell, Elena!? Why are you siding with him!"Damon exclaimed, enraged and glared at Elena, who stopped walking away from him and Elijah, who's hand fell to his side, looked at her."He's the bad guy, here!"Damon stated and Elena made a gesture for Elijah to go on without her and he did after she gave him a reassuring nod.
"No, Damon, the only bad guy I see in this room, is you."Elena said, turning back to look at Damon, who was now standing up and looking at her in confusion and anger."Don't give me that look, you're the one who hurts people for your own selfish gain."
"Oh yeah, like who?"Damon sneered.
"Ah, lets see, there's Caroline, Vicki, Matt, Grams, Jeremy..."Damon grimaced at Elena's list people."Need I go on? You hurt them, Damon, you even played a hand in killing some of them."Elena snapped, glaring at Damon."You hurt them for different reasons. Because you wanted to make Stefan's life hell through Emily's friends, knowing it would hurt her which would, in a way, hurt your Brother, or you thought Katherine was in the Tomb, or there's the fact that Stefan's got the girl that you want."Elena said, giving him another list before she left him in the study and went to search for Elijah, who wasn't waiting for her outside the study, only to run into John.