Disclaimer: I do not own anything related to The Vampire Diaries, TV show or books. However I decided to have a little play around with the characters (I would definitely like to play with Damon).
Warning smutty goodness ahead.
Elena woke to the sun streaming the windows in Damon's bedroom. She turned over onto her side and took a look at Damon who was sleeping next to her. She gazed at him for a moment, wondering for a moment, if she'd ever get used to waking up to his beautiful face before took her by surprise and spoke
"This would be so much more fun if we were naked." he groaned.
"You're too much of a distraction when you're naked." Elena complained back, prompting Damon opens his eyes and look at her. "Yesterday afternoon and last night was a perfect example of how distracting you can be when we're naked. Eleven times we were distracted from planning if I remember correctly." she added.
"Twelve." Damon corrected her. "We should've talked about this at your place." he complained as he rolled over onto his back and stared at the ceiling. "You shouldn't have stayed." he continued as he got out of bed and walked over to his dresser. "I promised myself I wouldn't throw 'us' in Stefan's face. Which is why I didn't tell him that we slept together. And then I let you stay the night in my bed."
"I know." Elena said sheepishly as she sat up on the bed.
Damon took his shirt off and got a fresh dark blue one out of his drawers and puts it on. "You're a vampire, Elena. Which means now you know how sensitive our hearing is." Damon pointed out.
"I know, Damon, but it's either that or my place." Elena complained as she got off the bed and walked over to Damon. "And if you stay over at mine, we'd be even more distracted from cooking up a plan as we wouldn't have any excuse to not be naked."
"Well, we've not discussed much about our non-existent plan yet to save Sabrina and Little Gilbert from Klaus and Professor Snake. Although, lucky for you, I already have one and I've set it in motion." Damon smirked.
"Well now we're not distracted, you tell me about your plan." Elena said.
"Okay, well firstly I told Stefan I would talk to you about trying to get the cure." Damon sighed.
"Yeah, I already know about that. And?" Elena asked.
"I was thinking that we might get away for a few days, whilst everyone else is trying to fight the big bad hybrid wolf." Damon smirked.
"And where would we go?" Elena asked.
"Somewhere quiet, secluded, romantic, maybe the Gilbert Lake House?" Damon suggested although it was clear from his tone of his voice the decision was already made. "We can lure Sabrina out there to put a spell on the cabin to keep Jeremy protected from Stefan and Klaus. I want to see her cast the spell, because from what you told me last night, I'm beginning to suspect she doesn't have full control over her magic, which is very dangerous, especially when we're dealing with the dark stuff."
"And how do you plan on keeping her there?" Elena eyed him suspiciously.
"With my winning charm of course." Damon grinned. "Okay, maybe not. How about we leave that part to Little Gilbert. Love is in the air and all, it's a win win." he winked.
Elena sighed. "What are we going to tell Stefan?"
"We're taking Sabrina and Little Gilbert to the Lake House to protect them from Professor Creepy." Damon explained. "Which both he and Klaus will buy because Stefan knows that the guy is up to something dastardly and could be putting them both in danger and he can't have that happen as they are needed for the cure."
"Won't Stefan want to come up to the Lake House?" Elena asked.
"Stefan will be on Klaus and Professor Creepy duty." Damon told her prompting a puzzled look. "Him dealing with Klaus is a given. No encouragement needed from me. I'm going to ask him to keep an eye on Tyler and his werewolf friend as I think she is tied up with that Professor guy, and I want to know what she's up to." he smiled.
"And you think Stefan will help?" Elena frowned.
"Let's just say our little trip to New Orleans should be enough to make him curious enough to want to find out for himself." Damon grinned.
"What about me?" Elena asked. "What do you want me to do?"
Damon moved closer to Elena so that their bodies were practically touching and their faces were merely inches apart. "I want to throw you back in my bed and never let you leave." Damon growled.
"So do it." Suggested Elena seductively.
"I can't." Damon groaned. "If Stefan comes back, he'll hear us."
"There's always the shower." Elena winked as she walked over to the huge walk in shower, taking her clothes off along the way, as Damon stood watching her with his mouth open, Elena fully testing his resolve.
Elena turned the nozzle on to allow the cool water to quickly warm before standing under the spray, waiting for Damon to join her. She understood Damon's reasoning for trying to not upset Stefan and to keep their carnal activities to a minimum as there was a chance he could hear them. This was why Damon's shower was fast becoming Elena's favorite place in the world. Stefan wouldn't be able to hear what they were doing through the noise of the water spray, although he could probably take a pretty good guess.
Elena noticed that Damon hadn't joined her and was instead stood there with his arms folded leaning up against the bathroom entrance, watching her shower which made her feel a little disappointed. Damon had a knack of getting her worked up just by talking to her seductively. It was the tone of his voice that turned her on, he could have been reciting the periodic table for all she cared and it would have still gotten her wet with desire, their conversation just moments ago had been no exception. The annoying part was that he was now fully aware of the power he had over her, and up until this point, she thought she had the same power over him, although she could tell he had a bulge in his trousers, so maybe he was reigning in his control somehow. She wondered if it would be useful to learn whatever technique Damon used for herself, although that wouldn't help her current predicament. She was horny, and she needed relief, preferably at Damon's hands.
Knowing Damon could be extremely stubborn when he had his mind set on something, Elena decided to go for underhanded tactics. This was not something that came natural to her, she was fairly shy and sexually inexperienced. However if she were to spend the rest of eternity with Damon, she knew that was something about her which would have to change. Damon was clearly very experienced, she'd even heard rumors that he'd once had a threesome with Rebekah and Sage, which led to her suspect he'd probably gotten himself involved in all types of sexual experimentation over the years, his tally likely to be in the thousands, not three, including him, like hers. The thought wasn't pleasant, but it somehow gave her the confidence to throw caution to the wind because there was nothing she could do to be embarrassed about. He'd probably seen and done everything, therefore it was her job to make what she was going to do, be as sexy as possible.
Elena turned her back to Damon and pretended to ignore him, hoping he wouldn't leave, so the show she was about to put on for him wouldn't be for nothing. Firstly she rinsed her hair and ran her fingers through it to make sure it was entirely wet, lifting her face towards the water, eyes closed and allowing it to pour all over her face before she went to find the soap and start the show.
Damon watched Elena through the glass with amusement. He knew what she was trying to do and he decided to let her have her fun for a while whilst he had his. Elena was trying her hardest to be sexy but it was clear that Elena was not used to playing the vixen. He'd had experience seeing Katherine play that part in his shower after she'd been locked in the tomb with the moonstone, and it had had no effect on him at the time. Katherine and Elena might have a physical resemblance but it really did stop there. Katherine knew how to be sexy, it was her default setting, which in the right moment was hot, however it could also be sleazy. Damon didn't have an issue with sleaze, in fact he used to revel in a life of sleazy sex, booze, blood and killing. But things had changed, he had changed. He'd met the woman in front of him, a guileless girl who was doing her best to be a seductress, shimmying her hips and massaging her breasts to try and turn him on. Unfortunately for Elena, she was not a seductress and she even managed to make her actions look slightly clumsy. This didn't bother Damon though, because for some reason he found he innocence hotter, especially as he knew it was something she's never done before and she'd never do it again for anyone else, only he would ever get to see this side of her for all eternity.
Although her movements were clumsy and her confidence was fake, her arousal was not. Even above the steam and the smell of soap, he could still pick out the faint traces of her scent alerting him to her needs. The knowledge of her arousal went straight to his groin and the erection he'd been carrying for the past couple of minutes watching her, was growing ever harder. Deciding he'd had enough, he silently removed his clothes and slipped into the shower behind her.
Elena moved her hands across her body as sensually as she could using the soap and water as a useful lubricant in an attempt to make the movements look as sexy as possible. She started to massage her breasts, closing her eyes and imagining it was Damon who's hands were pinching her nipples. That thought alone made her feel even more turned on. She desperately needed to find some relief and if Damon was going to be stubborn and not help her out, she'd have to finish the job herself. Just as she was about to move the soap further down her body, she felt Damon's arms around her waist, his erection poking into her back, as he took the bar of soap from her hands.
"I think that's my job." Damon whispered huskily into Elena's ear his chin resting on her shoulder whilst he placed the soap back in it's dish.
Reaching around Elena's waist from behind, Damon began to massage her breasts, pinching her nipples whilst he nibbled her neck, causing her to throw her head back in desire. Damon took hold of one of her hands and laced his fingers through hers, directing them down to her core whilst continuing to massage one of her breasts with the other. He slipped his hand out of hers as his fingers began to gently circle her nub, sending electric shocks throughout Elena's body, causing her to moan loudly with pleasure and grab hold of his arm to keep her balance. She arched her back and moved her other hand behind her and gently grabbed hold of Damon's shaft and began to slowly run her hand up and down.
"Elena..." Damon moaned as he inserted two fingers and began to move inside her whilst his thumb continued to circle her clit.
"I...need...you...inside...of...me...now!" Elena manged to say between moans. She didn't need to ask twice, before she knew it, Damon had removed his fingers, turned around to face her and pushed her up against the glass front of the shower. He picked her up and helped her wrapped her legs around his waist as he slowly entered her causing Elena to practically come apart at the seams. She wrapped her arms around his neck and he began to pick up the pace, hitting spots she never knew existed.
For the first time during their time of making love, they didn't kiss, instead they rested their foreheads against each other and stared into each other's eyes. Elena couldn't believe how erotic and yet how emotional it made her feel. Damon's eyes were heavy and lidded had turned what appeared to be a translucent blue with desire, his wet hair an even inkier black than usual and his pale skin face was slightly flushed from the steam from the shower.
Elena ran her fingers through Damon's wet raven hair, messing it up as they suddenly began to kiss, this time biting each other's lips, their tongue's sweeping through the other's mouth, fighting for dominance. The heat began to build up even more intensely inside Elena, signaling she was close to her release.
"I'm gonna come Damon..." Elena whispered breathlessly.
"Me too..." Damon moaned back as he took one of her hands, laced it in moving them between their bodies, down to her magic little button. He took his finger took hers and guided it towards her swollen nub before he began to circle her finger around it.
Damon then bent his head and took one of her now very sensitive nipples in her mouth and began to lick and suck until Elena could take no more. Her body felt like it was ripping apart, she was going dizzy as Damon continued to thrust inside of her, he'd upped the pace which signaled his impending release.
"Damon..." she screamed as her world came crashing down, nothing else existed, just her and Damon and extreme pleasure.
"Uh...Elena...fuck..." Elena heard Damon cry before she felt him shudder and the warm fluids from his release inside her as his head collapsed against the glass.
They stayed stood there like that for a few moments before Elena unwrapped her legs from his waist and dropped down to the floor, however her arms remained in place around his neck and his around her waist. He pulled her in close as they kissed and smiled it each other.
"Did you like my plan?" Damon asked grinning.
"There are a couple of flaws." Elena told him, causing him to raise an eyebrow. "Firstly, this is not your bed. And secondly, we need to leave soon before Stefan gets back, otherwise he's going to find out about us, and I don't want him to find out about us like this. If he doesn't have hope about me and him with the cure, he won't keep an eye on Klaus" she explained.
"Which puts both Sabrina and Jeremy in danger." Damon grimaced
"Why do you want to keep them both safe so much?" Elena asked. "You don't care about either of them."
"Not true." Damon looked slightly hurt. "I like Jeremy Yeah he can be an annoying little shit at times but he's seventeen, the same age as Stefan" the thought causing Damon and Elena to both shudder. "Also, as your boyfriend, I've decided that it is my responsibility to become the back up guardian angel when his sister is unavailable. Jeremy being alive and well makes my life easier." he grinned.
"Look at you being all responsible and grown up." Elena laughed. "Who are you and what have you done with Damon Salvatore?"
"You mean the bloodthirsty hot sex god of a vampire? He's right here." Damon smirked prompting Elena to roll her eyes.
"And Bonnie?" she asked. "Why are you protecting her?"
"Shane is up to something." Damon said in a deadly serious tone. "Whatever it is, it's related to finding the cure and he needs Bonnie up to help him. But if what you told me about Bonnie is right, and he's teaching her Expression, it's dark magic Elena. He's not in this hunt for the cure to vampirism. There's something in it for him and I think it is something to do with someone called Silas." he frowned.
"Who's that?" Elena asked.
"I have no idea." Damon said honestly. "Okay, change of subject, strawberry or apple?"
"Huh?" Elena frowned in confusion.
"Shampoo." Damon rolled his eyes. "Stefan is going to be back soon and we need to shower before he does or our plan goes to pieces."
"Okay, strawberry." Elena smiled as Damon reached for the strawberry shampoo.
After finishing their shower, Damon and Elena headed down to the parlor to wait for Stefan. He'd promised them he'd return back from hunting as quickly as possible to go over their plan to find the cure. Damon lit the fire in the parlor before heading to the wet bar to pour him and Elena a drink as they heard the door open and Stefan walk in.
"Hey." Elena smiled, not knowing where to put her eyes.
"Hey." Stefan replied back. The awkwardness could be cut with a knife.
"Morning Stefan." Damon chimed in, ignoring the tension in the room whilst handing Elena her drink. "Did you say hi to Thumper for me?" he smiled sarcastically causing Stefan to groan and roll his eyes as he sat down. "Good we're all here." Damon went on as he looked at Stefan. "I need you to find out what Blondie knows about Tyler's wolf girlfriend and what she's planning to do with the hybrids." he said.
"I already told you." Stefan explained. "They're trying to break the sire bond."
"I know that, but why?" Damon asked.
Stefan gave confused look. "Um...maybe because they want their freedom?"
"I get that, but what I mean is why is the little she-wolf helping. What's in it for her?" Damon asked.
"Maybe they're her friends?" Elena suggested.
"I don't buy it." Damon paced over to one of the chairs and flopped down. "There has to be more to it than that."
"Why are you so convinced Hayley is involved with Professor Shane?" Stefan asked.
"Because she turned up just after Pastor Young blew up the town council, which you know, just happens to coincide with the arrival of our delightful hunter and Professor Creepy's request to see Sabrina at Whitmore College." Damon said as he took a sip from his glass. "They were looking very chatty at the pageant. And oh, I dunno, I just don't believe in coincidences. What are they planning to do after they've all been unsired Huh? Holiday in Disneyland?" he asked as Stefan shook his head. "That's what we need to find out Stefan. That is part one of your mission for today."
"Uh, excuse me, but when did you become the one in charge of looking for the cure?" Stefan asked.
"I didn't." Damon exclaimed. "What I did do was volunteer for babysitting duty." he smirked.
"Babysitting duty?" Stefan raised his eyebrows.
Elena cleared her throat. "Um, yeah, Damon and I, we're going up to the Lake House to watch over Jeremy and Bonnie."
"And it takes both of you to look after Jeremy and Bonnie?" Stefan eyed them both suspiciously.
"Nope. It only needs me." Damon stated.
"I'm not letting Jeremy go to the Lake House without me." Elena protested. "I want to make sure he is safe."
"And Elena can't beat you're ass yet. Ergo I go with her." Damon smiled smugly.
"Why both Jeremy and Bonnie." Stefan asked. "Klaus won't need Jeremy until the mark is ready."
"And this is where you come in brother." Damon said as he got up and walked over to the refill his glass. "Mission number two for the day. We need to know what is Klaus doing about that little issue. I'd have thought he'd have turned the entire continental US by now if it meant completing The Hunter's mark." he took a sip from his glass. "I'd do it myself, but I don't think Klaus likes me very much. You brother, on the other hand..." Damon trailed off.
"Why are you taking Bonnie to the Lake House?" Stefan asked.
"Sabrina told Elena that Professor Snake was teaching her Expression." Damon shrugged.
"That's the same magic that Nandi was talking about yesterday." Stefan frowned as Damon smiled smugly.
"Yep, just as I suspected." Damon replied. "I just hope the one sacrifice was enough to juice her up for whatever Professor Creepy has in mind, because it sure as hell isn't about finding the cure."
"He sacrificed someone for Bonnie's magic?" Elena asked, shocked at this revelation.
"Nope, he sacrificed the town council, twelve to be exact." Stefan told her. "Damon spotted it as he'd had experience with sacrifices and the number twelve before, didn't you Damon?" accused Stefan.
"It was a long time ago." Damon admitted before turning to look directly at Elena. "Don't worry Elena, I made sure they were the disgusting low life's of society. A menace that the streets needed to be rid of. I was doing New Orleans a favor." he took a sip of his drink as Elena raised her eyebrows at him.
"Okay, anything else?" Stefan asked.
"Check that Klaus has the sword. If the mark is nearly ready, we need to make sure we have the tools to find the cure." Damon finished his drink and headed out of the parlor.
"Where are you going?" Stefan called prompting Damon to turn back around to face him.
"To pack. Diapers, bottles, grimoires. The usual babysitting stuff." he winked before continuing upstairs to pack.
Elena turned to face Stefan. "I think I still have a few things left in your room, do you mind if I get them?" Elena asked awkwardly. "It means I won't have to go home and pack. We can just meet Bonnie and Jeremy at the Lake House."
"Sure." Stefan sighed. "Go on up. Take all of the time you need." he offered.
"Thanks." Elena replied as she got up and left, heading for Stefan's room to pack.
Deciding to hold up his end of the bargain and give Elena time to search his room in private, Stefan headed over to Klaus's place to see if he could find out more about the sword and how things were progressing with Connor's tattoo. As he walked through the doors, he heard a noise coming from where he knew Klaus's art studio to be. He walked over to the entrance of the room and looked inside to see Klaus with a brush in his hand, as he completed his new masterpiece.
"Looks like a giant snowflake." Stefan commented.
"I prefer to think of it as an expression of postmodernism. It's my donation to the Winter Wonderland charity event." Klaus corrected him as one of his hybrids, who Stefan recognized as Adrian entered the room.
"You said it was urgent." Adrian said to Klaus.
"Yes, take this to the Mystic Grill immediately." Klaus smiled.
"You want me to be a delivery guy?" Adrian raised an eyebrow in disgust.
Klaus walked forward, closing the gap between him and Adrian. "What I want is for you to do whatever I say. Without the attitude." Klaus warned as Adrian gulped before walking over to the painting picking it up.
"And be careful with that. It's still wet." Klaus called out as the hybrid left the room.
"Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves, you know." observed Stefan.
"What is the point of my hybrids being sired to me if I can't maximize on the benefits of free labor?" Klaus complained. "What are you doing here?" he asked as Stefan walked down the stairs into the room.
"Elena is sired to Damon." Stefan lied.
"I intuited as much." Klaus shrugged.
"Which means I need to find the cure now more than ever and yet here you are making postmodern snowflakes." demanded Stefan.
"I've delivered." Klaus argued.
"You have?" Stefan asked. "So tell me, how is the Hunter's mark coming along? I thought you'd have found enough vampires for Connor to kill by now."
"Patience Stefan." Klaus replied. "As much as my reputation for a ruthless killer precedes me, I have taken quite a liking to sleepy this little town. Killing half of it's occupants to create vampires wouldn't be a very neighborly thing for me to do, now would it? Instead I've got my hybrids out searching the bigger towns and cities where people frequently disappear. Ones that won't be noticed."
"That's very...charitable of you." Stefan frowned.
"Well, you know, Christmas and all." Klaus winked. "Let's just say that to reveal the mark, we will far need more vampires than I anticipated. It turns out he's already killed hundreds, and yet the tattoo that young Jeremy drew, suggests the mark is not even half completed." Klaus explained.
"I've managed to get Damon on board with finding the cure." Stefan told Klaus changing the subject.
"And how did you manage that?" Klaus asked.
"I told him that Elena chose me as a human, which means the only reason she chose him was because she was a vampire and because she's sired to him. Damon doesn't care if Elena is a human or a vampire, he loves her either way. But he wants to know that Elena would choose him if she were human, and to break the sire bond. He needs to know that her feelings for him are real. I think he managed to get her to at least consider taking the cure to break the sire bond, meaning Jeremy won't be an issue anymore." Stefan explained.
"Feeding his insecurities." Klaus smiled. "Clever, although you yourself are taking a risk. She might still chose your brother over you, even as a human."
"Never!" Stefan scoffed. "Anyway, he and Elena are taking Jeremy and Bonnie to the Gilbert Lake House to keep them under his protection whilst you feed Connor with vampires to kill."
"And why would he do that?" Klaus asked. "I'm not going to hurt Jeremy, he's the key to all of this. And why should I give a second thought to a little witch who can't even practice magic?"
"It turns out that the little witch is being taught a different type of magic called Expression." Stefan explained.
Klaus sighed. "And what has this got to do with me or finding the cure?"
"Damon discovered that only a Bennett witch can cast the spell to retrieve the cure." Stefan told him.
"Well that's inconvenient." Klaus complained as he walked away, grabbing a cloth to wipe the paint from his hands. "And who is Damon protecting her from?"
"Some Professor guy who has been teaching her this magic." Stefan went on. "It turns out this Expression stuff he's been teaching her is really dark and powerful and it seems Bonnie might be having difficulties controlling it."
"So while they're on their romantic babysitting getaway, your job is to make sure that I'm giving Connor enough vampires to kill and that I've got the sword to decipher the mark? Is that correct?" Klaus asked. Stefan nodded grumpily.
"Sounds like you drew the short straw mate." Klaus chuckled as he patted Stefan's shoulder.
"And have you got the sword?" Stefan asked swallowing away Klaus's little insult.
"I retrieved the Hunter's sword from Italy which we'll use to decipher the map hidden in the Hunter's mark." Klaus told him.
"Have you really found the sword?" Stefan asked suspiciously.
"Why would I lie to you, Stefan?" Klaus asked as he quickly strode past Stefan and towards a vault in another room. "We're in this together." he insisted as Stefan followed him into the room to find Klaus turning the dial on the vault and opening it up.
"The hilt acts as a cipher." Klaus explained as he removed the sword from the vault. "Which we'll use to decode the marks on Connor's tattoo when he's killed enough vampires to complete it." Klaus said placing the sword down on a table for Stefan, who proceeded to pick it up and to examine it Klaus sat on the sofa and watched him intently whilst propping his feet up on the table. "You know, you could always help me by providing more vampires to complete the Hunter's Mark. I'm sure you wouldn't have an issue wiping out an entire town, now would you...Ripper?" he added.
"I'm not here to bond, Klaus." Stefan said as he placed the sword back on the table.
"Oh, on the contrary, I think right now I'm the best friend you've got." Klaus smiled.
Caroline was furious. She was standing in the middle of the town square, with the Winter Wonderland charity event in full swing, complete with fake snow. And Tyler had just dropped a huge bombshell on her. He, his wolf friend Hayley and the hybrid's were planning to take Klaus down that evening. The problem was, although Caroline didn't like Klaus, she had a strange soft spot for him and he made her feel all squishy inside. Not that she'd ever admit something like that to anyone. Her other problem was Tyler. No doubt Klaus would somehow thwart them and Tyler would end up in trouble and on the run for the rest of his eternal life, which frankly wouldn't do as they hadn't graduated yet and she'd got plans for them both going to college together. However, after the initial shock had worn off, Caroline decided she wanted to know details, hoping they were going to put her mind at rest that Tyler and the hybrids were capable of pulling this off. Unfortunately as details of the plan began to emerge from Tyler's clearly diseased brain, his attempts at trying to calm her down were having the opposite effect.
"You're going to do what?!" Caroline squeaked.
"Hayley found a witch strong enough to do the body jump spell. You know, the Klaus speciality." Tyler told her.
"So, you're going to put him in someone else's body and then what?" demanded Caroline.
"We'll encase the body in concrete then bury it." Tyler explained. "That will give the hybrids enough time to escape and run far enough away from Klaus to be safe."
"Why not just desiccate him like Bonnie did?" Caroline asked.
Tyler sighed. "Because to do that spell, you have to stop a human heart. I was a little short of volunteers."
"Well, who was dumb enough to volunteer their body to be a Klaus sublet?" Caroline scoffed as Tyler sighed and his eyes fell to the floor, as it began to dawn on Caroline who volunteer was.
Tyler gulped. "Okay, don't freak out."
"Freak out! Freak out?! I'm about to hemorrhage! You volunteered?!" Caroline cried.
"It's not forever. Just long enough for the hybrids to be able to completely disappear." Tyler tried to explain. "Then the witch will put him back into his body, and I'll go somewhere far away where Klaus can't find me."
"Seriously Tyler?" Caroline yelled as she grew angrier by the minute. "Not only will you be spending the rest of our senior year buried in concrete, but you'll be running from Klaus for the rest of your life."
Tyler took Caroline by the shoulders and looked her sadly. "This started with me. This has to end with me." Tyler told her. "They're already unsired. Once Klaus finds out, he's going to come after me anyways. It won't make any difference, whatever happens, I'll still be running from him." Caroline looked to the ground, unable to meet Tyler's gaze. "Please Caroline, I need your support." he pleaded, as Caroline finally looked up at him sadly before walking away from him, unable to speak to him until she'd calmed down.
A few minutes and some deep meditation breaths later, Caroline had calmed down enough to call the only person who could trusted to make her feel calm and cheer her up in any situation, and who was supposed to be meeting her at the Grill right now.
"Hey, sorry, I know I'm late." Stefan apologized after picking up the phone.
"If I'm gonna be a friend in your time of need, then you to need to work on your punctuality." Caroline demanded. As she walked across the town square through the Winter Wonderland "I'm in a crisis. Where are you?" she demanded.
"I'm at my house. Why? What's wrong?" Stefan asked.
"My boyfriend is a dumbass martyr. Shouldn't you be searching for the sword?" Caroline asked.
"I already did, I asked Klaus and managed to get him to tell me a little bit more about it. You know that map in Connor's tattoo? The sword decodes it. It's literally the key to finding the cure." Stefan told her.
"Klaus told you this?" Caroline asked.
"Yeah, why?" Stefan frowned.
"And did he happen to hand over the sword for safekeeping?" Caroline asked suspiciously.
"Uh, what do you think?" Stefan replied. "What's wrong?" Stefan asked as he heard Caroline sigh.
"We need to get our hands on that sword. Like today." Caroline explained. "Tyler and his hybrids are taking out Klaus tonight." she told him.
"Okay, you distract and I'll search." Stefan suggested. "He should be at the Grill with this Winter Wonderland thing, he's got a painting on display. Look for the giant snowflake."
Caroline sighed. "Okay then, just hurry. I'll see what I can do." with that Caroline headed to the Grill to find Klaus and put on her most winning charm.