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).

Happy New Year everyone who has either already celebrated it, or is about to celebrate it in the coming hours.

I hope you enjoy this next chapter.

The next day had been spent with Enzo going through his time with the Augustine's. He described many of the sickening surgical procedures he'd been forced to endure over the decades. For his part, Damon had struggle to listen to Enzo's story for very long. A combination of a reminder of his own suffering under the hand of Dr. Whitmore, and his guilt of not rescuing Enzo was too much for him to bear. Instead he'd sat alone in the study getting drunk, until Elena joined him. She told him they'd started to go through her father's journals, and she couldn't stand to hear what Enzo had endured from his perspective.

Other than the small blips of Damon and Elena not being able to listen to Enzo's entire story, the rest of the weekend had gone quietly while plans were being made for their little missions the following week. Damon had spoken to Liz, who'd been happy to allow him to pretend to be on a recruitment drive for assistance with the Founders Council. Damon knew Liz would be prepared to ensure Caroline's secret was kept, even if it meant outing the practically non-existent council. Bonnie was on Enzo watch, and Caroline and Stefan were planning Elena's baby shower, which had been postponed due to being busy with the Enzo situation.

On Monday morning, Damon, Elena, Stefan, Bonnie and Enzo were stood in the Salvatore kitchen getting ready for the day. Caroline was back at the dorm, while Bonnie had stayed the night as she was going to take Enzo out for the day as promised. Damon and Elena were planning to go to the Augustine meeting while Caroline and Stefan studied, or in truth, re-planned Elena's delayed baby shower for the following weekend as it had been delayed due to the mayhem which had ensued with rescuing Enzo. Stefan's apartment still looked like a mother and baby store.

"So love, where are we going today?" Enzo smiled at Bonnie, he'd been pestering her since she'd reluctantly agreed to take him out for the day.

"It's a surprise." Bonnie scowled. "She'd decided to take him for a haircut, to buy cell phone, shop for some clothes and then, depending on how they were doing for time, maybe a bar later. She figured as long as she kept him on a tight magical leash, she shouldn't have any problems with him.

"Can we go looking at automobiles?" he asked, as Bonnie and Elena both nearly spat their coffee out at his old-fashioned terminology. "Fine, cars then." he corrected himself as he saw their reaction.

"Why would you want to do that?" Bonnie frowned at the strange question.

"Maybe I want to buy one." Enzo shrugged.

"I doubt you'll find many Jaguar convertibles around here." Damon shrugged.

"Ah Damon, you remembered." Enzo smiled."Well I'm sure I can find something equally alluring."

"We don't have time today." Bonnie told him. "Maybe tomorrow." she winced at the thought of how behind she was going to get with her classes.

"What's the matter love, bored of me already?" Enzo smirked.

"I've got classes tomorrow." Bonnie sighed. "Occult studies."

"Why don't I take him?" Damon offered. "You all take that class, but I don't. Don't want you to getting in trouble with Ric for skipping his class." he said turning to Bonnie. "Bon Bon, surely you can witchy woo me together with Enzo here, so he doesn't escape too far." he suggested.

"It's not a bad idea." Elena shrugged.

"True." Stefan nodded.

"And trust me." Damon turned to Enzo. "You don't want to go car shopping with her, she drives a Toyota Prius." he chuckled.

"Should I know what that is?" Enzo looked mildly interested.

"It doesn't run on gas like a real car." Damon told him as Enzo looked surprised.

"Yes it does!" Bonnie defended her car, before turning to Enzo. "It's a hybrid, which means it runs on gas and batteries. It's far more environmentally friendly than yours." she looked up and down at Damon with distaste.

"Should I even know what that means?" Enzo shook his head and raised an eyebrow.

"Let's just say, our history with hybrids in general isn't exactly a happy one." Damon scowled at Bonnie before turning back to Enzo. "Unless of course you're Blondie." he smirked. "She slept with one."

"Do you mean Caroline?" Enzo asked.

"Ouch, Damon!" Elena glared at him.

"She slept with a car?" Enzo frowned with confusion.

"No." Damon shook his head. "She slept with the evil vampire-werewolf hybrid, Klaus." he told Enzo as he noticed Stefan's face drop before turning his back and pouring himself another coffee. 'Interesting development.' Damon thought, before turning his attention back to Enzo. "It's why she and her boyfriend, who is also a vampire-werewolf hybrid, are on the outs." he told him.

"Tyler hates Klaus." Elena explained. "Klaus killed his mom." she added.

"Oh I see." Enzo frowned. "Sleeping with your boyfriend's mothers murderer." he nodded. "That is pretty...um..." he stopped, clearly not knowing how to respond as he also noticed Stefan's response. "You know what, never mind. I don't know this particular monster. But a car that runs on petrol and batteries sounds quite monstrous to me. I think car shopping with Damon sounds like a much better plan. Sorry Bonnie." he said to Bonnie in a tone of voice which clearly indicated he wasn't.

"Fine." Bonnie sighed. "Tomorrow I'll put a binding spell on you both so you can go car shopping." she said. "But if I get wind of even the slightest little bit of mischief, you'll know about it." she warned, narrowing her eyes.

"Can you give him a headache which won't affect me?" Elena asked.

"As long as you don't feel threatened." Bonnie told her.

"Oh I won't." Elena grinned. "In fact, you have my full support to go all nuclear on Damon if he gets into trouble." she smirked.

Damon pouted and wrapped his arms around Elena. "What about you giving me your undying support for all eternity. You know like marriage and all." he said with puppy dog eyes. "Don't you trust me?" he asked.

Elena smiled sweetly. "Under normal circumstances, I trust you implicitly." Elena told him. "But you forget I know you. You teaming up with an old vampire buddy, who hasn't been acclimatized to our way of living is a recipe for disaster." she shook her head.

"Oh like when we go to a club?" Damon lowered his voice and raised an eyebrow. "I doubt Enzo and I would be getting up to anything like that." he whispered seductively as Elena's heart rate suddenly sped up, which was then joined by Damon's.

"Is there something I should know here?" Enzo asked as Damon and Elena continued to stare at one another.

"Only that Bonnie hasn't mastered a reverse privacy spell yet." Stefan groaned. "Which we are all immensely looking forward to." he said through gritted teeth, as Damon and Elena suddenly vanished from the kitchen.

"Where did they bugger off to?" Enzo frowned.

"Elena's pregnancy hormones and the baby magically link them together." Bonnie explained. "If they don't have sex like every five minutes, it could become dangerous for Damon." she said.

"Hence the need for a privacy spell?" Stefan told him.

"It's a reverse privacy spell." Bonnie corrected Stefan. "It prevents us from hearing them when they're affected by the hormones. I just haven't found out exactly what it is I need to do to block them out yet." she frowned.

"Well as you're tasked with looking after me, and I'm going to be living here; it is in my interests for you to find one, and quickly." Enzo smiled. "Therefore I will help you." he offered. "So what is this club thing they do? In fact, what type of club is it?"

"They go out to a club, feed and then have sex." Bonnie told him. "Elena needs to feed from the vein every few days. Otherwise the baby will become too strong for her." she explained. "But when they feed, it...affects them." she winced.

"Is there anything that doesn't affect them?" Enzo rolled his eyes as Bonnie and Stefan looked at each other before turning back to him, shaking their heads. "Oh, goody." he said sarcastically.

Suddenly both Enzo and Stefan looked to the ceiling as their vampire hearing began to pick up the muffled noises of sex.

"And I think that's my cue to leave for class." Stefan winced as he quickly put his mug in the sink, picked up his bag and hurried out of the door.

"What's his problem?" Bonnie frowned.

"Can we please leave?" Enzo asked awkwardly. "Like yesterday." he pleaded.

"Oh..." Bonnie's eyes widened as she suddenly understood the problem. "Sure." she nodded as she opened the refrigerator and pulled out four blood bags. "Is that enough to keep you going for the day so you don't have to eat anyone?" she asked.

"Plenty love." Enzo replied as he began to push her out of the door.

"We haven't done the linking spell yet." Bonnie suddenly stopped.

"I thought we were already linked." Enzo frowned.

"We are." Bonnie replied. "But there's too much rope for where we're going." she said. "I don't trust you and I need to keep you closer to me than I do in the house." she smirked.

"Fine." Enzo huffed. "Can we at least do the spell outside or in the car?" he begged.

"We can do it in the garage." Bonnie sighed as they left the house, allowing Damon and Elena some privacy.

Both Stefan and Caroline had finished their classes for the day. They'd tried to study at Caroline's dorm, but for some strange reason, she couldn't concentrate there. So after half an hour of failing, they opted to go to a new bar they'd discovered called the Skull Bar. It wasn't far from campus and word was it was one of the best bars around. The alcohol was decent and reasonably priced, it was clean, nicely decorated, warm and friendly. When they arrived, they weren't disappointed. The place seemed comfortable, and they noticed a few students around drinking what looked like coffee's, who were studying. Caroline sat on one of the comfortable looking the couches while Stefan took their coffee order to the bar.

Caroline got her books out and spread them across the table in front of her. As a human she'd been one of the brightest in class and she had always studied hard, not that anyone ever noticed. As a vampire, she could do everything ten times as fast and be able to memorize everything. These were the parts of being a vampire she loved. Studying was suddenly so much easier and far less time consuming, which was why, despite everything that had gone off over the last year or so, none of the vampires had had any troubles graduating with honors. Becoming smarter, was the one perk of vampirism nobody wanted to mention.

Stefan rejoined her with two latte's. He sat down and took his own books out of his bag and began to flick through them to find the right pages.

"How do you think it is going with Bonnie and Enzo?" Caroline asked.

Stefan sighed. "They seem to have a natural ability to wind each other up." he told her.

"I don't mean that." Caroline said. "I meant her introducing him to the twenty first century." she corrected him.

Stefan shrugged. "He seems smart enough, and strong, practically immune to pain." he said thoughtfully. "But as long as Bonnie has him on a tight leash he won't be going anywhere too far." he said, drinking his coffee.

They went quiet for a while as they began to study through their material, making notes along the way, while finishing off their coffee. Caroline was the one to break the silence.

"What time did Damon say he would be done at the meeting?" she asked as she looked at her phone for the time.

"He didn't say." Stefan shrugged as he looked outside and noticed the sky getting darker. "He said not to worry unless we weren't here by nine." he said as the door opened and Tyler walked in.

Caroline sighed. "Can't I go anywhere without him turning up?" she muttered as she watched him head over to the bar to order a drink.

"Ignore him Caroline." Stefan told her. "We're here to study." he reminded her sternly.

"Okay." Caroline agreed, although she continued to watch as Tyler tried to order a drink from the pretty blonde bartender, who Caroline recognized from the ball they went to on the night they freed Enzo. She looked down at her text books, but couldn't help but listen into Tyler's conversation with the girl.

"Hello..." Tyler looked down at the bartender's name badge. "Liv." he smiled. "Fancy seeing you again."

"How can I help?" Liv replied haughtily.

"Don't you remember me?" Tyler asked.

"I meet a lot of people." Liv replied. "Eventually every face blends into one."

"We met at the ball last Saturday night." he reminded her. "We talked for a while."

"You might have talked. But I wasn't listening." she replied.

"Ouch!" Tyler pouted. "I'm hurt."

"Are you just here to waste my time, or do you want something to drink?" Liv snapped.

"Fine, I'll just have a beer." Tyler sighed.

"I'd like to see some ID." Liv smiled.

"No you don't." Tyler compelled her.

"Um...yes I do." Liv nodded.

"I'm twenty one and you don't need to see my ID." Tyler tried to compel her again.

"I don't care how old you say you are. I'm more interested in how old your ID says you are." Liv told him stubbornly. "No ID, no beer!" she folded her arms.

Tyler got out his wallet and produced the fake ID he'd once upon a time gotten from Damon which had aged him by three years.

"Here!" Tyler slammed the card on the desk and frowned, confused by his inability to compel the girl.

Liv looked up and smiled. "Fine. One beer it is." she said.

Caroline looked at Stefan. "Did you hear that?" she whispered.

"Hear what?" Stefan replied quietly.

Caroline took her phone out and typed in what she wanted to tell him. She didn't want Tyler to know she'd been listening in on his conversation with the bartender.

'Tyler just tried to order a beer, but she refused him.' Caroline typed. Stefan looked at her and shrugged at her in confusion. 'He tried to compel her but he couldn't.' she wrote. Stefan looked towards the bar and then back to Caroline.

"Are you sure?" he mouthed as Caroline nodded in response.

Stefan took Caroline's phone from her and typed in a message. 'Maybe she's on vervain.' he suggested.

'I think we should let Damon know.' Caroline typed back as Stefan nodded. He took his phone from his pocket.

'You need to get to the Skull Bar asap. We might have a problem.' It said.

"Anyway, onto the baby shower." Stefan reminded Caroline. "We need to go through this before Damon and Elena get here." he said.

"Nothing has changed since the previous plans." Caroline told him.

"Apart from having Enzo as a house guest." Stefan reminded her. "I doubt he even knows what a baby shower is." he laughed.

"Let Bonnie explain it to him while Damon and Elena are at the hospital on Friday." Caroline said. "Oh and remind me to let Matt and Jeremy know." she said as Stefan's phone pinged, signaling a text.

Stefan picked up his phone and looked at the caller ID. "It's Damon." he told Caroline as he read what it said. "They're on their way."

Bonnie and Enzo left the house so Damon and Elena could have some privacy while sparing Enzo's blushes. Bonnie performed the linking spell, meaning she could keep an even closer eye on him. They couldn't go anywhere near Whitmore college, just in case there was anyone around who might recognize Enzo, so they were heading to Richmond, which was close enough for them to get back to Whitmore if there were a problem. The previous night, Damon and Elena had agreed to simultaneously feed after Bonnie left for the day with Enzo, so that if anything went wrong at the Augustine meeting later that day, Bonnie would be able to return home quickly and raise the alert. So when Damon and Elena had gotten all amorous in the kitchen, Bonnie was the only person who was happy about it. At least they wouldn't be pining for each other later that day.

Their first stop was for Enzo to have his hair cut. It wasn't particularly long, but he'd been kept a prisoner for almost seventy years, and they weren't there to keep him well groomed. Cutting hair and shaving had been part of his routine tests. Since he'd been out, Damon had given him a shaving kit and Enzo had been borrowing Damon's clothes, but Enzo was slightly taller than Damon so the clothes weren't an exact fit. Bonnie had been given Damon's Amex black card and told money was no object, but just make sure he looked halfway decent. Damon had given Bonnie the details of the barber he'd been using while they were staying at the safe house in Richmond a few months back.

While Enzo was having his hair cut, Bonnie could take five minutes to relax, he'd talked incessantly all of the way to Richmond, criticizing everything from her driving to her car, and he was beginning to annoy the hell out of her. She couldn't wait for the day to end, which unfortunately was going to be a while as it had barely begun. The one thing she had decided upon was there was no way in hell, she was going to be taking him to a bar tonight. Her ears needed a break, even if he did had a cute accent.

Eventually Enzo returned from being preened and primped and took Bonnie by surprise. Gone was the scruffy look, instead he looked impeccably coiffured, even if the clothes he wore didn't quite fit him. His hair was short and slicked back on top, which even Bonnie had to admit gave him a look of an old fashioned hero from a black and white movie. A young swashbuckling hero like Errol Flynn, came to mind, yet he didn't look out of place in the modern world. Bonnie stopped herself from gawking and pulled herself together.

"That's better." she smiled. "You look a little more presentable. Maybe they wont think you stole the Amex card after all." she said sarcastically.

Enzo walked up to Bonnie and her heart began to race. He stared at her for a moment before a smile crossed his face.

"Well then Bonnie Bennett." Enzo smirked. "I think you should lead the way." he said as he gestured for Bonnie to lead the way.

Later that afternoon, Damon and Elena arrived at Whitmore house. Elena knocked on the door and a woman with a familiar face answered the door. Elena recognized the woman as the police officer called Diane, who'd been involved in covering up Megan's death as a suicide.

"Elena." Diane smiled. "And you are?" she looked at Damon.

"Damon." Damon replied. "Elena's fiance." he smiled.

"Dr. Maxfield invited us." Elena explained, walking in uninvited as Damon followed her.

"Welcome." Diane smiled. "Food and drink is over there." she pointed to the parlor where there were a gathering of about ten people, including Dr. Maxfield and Aaron Whitmore.

"I thought he didn't know anything." Damon whispered to Elena.

"He didn't." Elena whispered back. "Maybe this is his first time." she shrugged as she wandered over to talk to him. Aaron looked up as he saw Damon and Elena approach. "Hi Aaron, need to stop meeting like this." she joked, while Damon managed to look unimpressed.

"Hi Elena." Aaron replied without a smile. "What are you doing here?" he asked.

"Dr. Maxfield invited us over." Elena replied. "Why are you here?" she frowned.

"Same." Aaron replied.

"Is this your first time?" Elena probed.

"What here?" Aaron frowned. "Considering I technically own the place, no it's not." he shrugged.

"I mean at one of these meetings." Elena lowered her voice.

"Oh right." Aaron nodded as if he'd only just understood her meaning. "Yeah it is. No idea what it's about. It just seems like a lot of people eating sandwiches and drinking tea to me." he shrugged. "Not really my scene. But Wes, I mean Dr. Maxfield, told me that now I've come of age, I'm obligated to be here, whatever that means." he frowned. "So what is this meeting about?" he asked.

"We've absolutely no idea." Damon suddenly spoke. "I'm Damon by the way. Elena's fiance." he added as he possessively put his arm around Elena's waist and grinned.

"Nice to meet you." Aaron offered his hand, which Damon shook.

"You too." Damon replied, giving Aaron his most intimidating look.

"Well, I need to go mingle." Aaron said awkwardly as he went to go to talk to a woman who looked to be in her forties.

Elena watched him walk away before angrily turning to look at Damon. "What was that all about?" she snapped.

"I didn't like the way he was looking at you." Damon frowned.

"I think that's the way he looks at everyone. He looked at Caroline exactly the same way." she growled.

"Well maybe he's desperate." Damon scowled before suddenly smiling as he saw Dr. Maxfield approach.

"Elena." Dr. Maxfield smiled.

"Dr Maxfield." Elena smiled back. "This is Damon, my fiance." she sighed.

"Pleased to meet you." Dr. Maxfield held his hand out. "But outside of school, please call me Wes." he smiled.

"Pleasure Wes." Damon clasped Wes's hand and shook it. "Thank you for inviting us." he said. "Elena tells me we share, common interests and values."

"I'm glad to hear it Damon." Wes said. "These things are important to keep under control." he added.

"I completely agree." Damon nodded. "Back in Mystic Falls we had a few problems which needed to be brought under control. I'm in charge of the council responsible for that particular issue." he smiled. "Unfortunately, some of our council members were murdered recently by a professor who taught here. Professor Atticus Shane. Does that name ring any bells?" Damon asked.

"Sounds familiar." Wes frowned. "He went missing recently." he said.

"Well, we have reason to believe he was working with some, undesirable elements. Which unfortunately has left us a little...short on council members." Damon told him. "I know we should be recruiting only from founding families, but it doesn't seem the right time to be asking children to take over from the parents they just lost." he shook his head sadly. "I was thinking, maybe in the meantime, I might be able to find others who have a common interest." he said. "If you get my meaning."

"I'm afraid I have my hands full here Damon." Wes said with a fake sadness. "But if you should happen to come across some of our common interest in Mystic Falls, would it be possible to keep one or two specimens and call me?" Wes asked. "I'd love to meet them. They fascinate me." he said with a sly smile.

"Of course." Damon agreed.

"Especially a female specimen." Wes told them. "I've had chance to see a few male ones over my time, but I've never met a female. They seem very elusive." he narrowed his eyes at Elena.

Damon wrapped his arm around Elena protectively as he saw the look on Dr. Maxfield's face. Clearly Wes was still unconvinced about Elena's vampire status, meaning they were going to have to play the only card they had left.

"Why would a female be of such interest?" Damon asked.

"It would be nice to find out why one is unable to further her genes to any potential offspring." Wes said cryptically.

"Oh." Damon said as he and Elena looked at each other and nodded. "It's a good job we don't have that problem." he grinned and placed a hand over Elena's stomach, who looked back up at Damon lovingly.

Wes looked from Elena, to Damon and back to Elena.

"Are you...?" he asked Elena, who nodded.

"We found out Friday." Elena whispered. "That's why we're going to the hospital next week. To confirm it. We don't want anyone to know yet, it's a little early and it's my first." she lowered her eyes.

"Of course not." Wes shook his head. "Your secret is safe with me." he smiled a fake smile. "Congratulations." he said quietly.

"I'm thinking of letting my brother do more work with the council." Damon told Wes, so I was wandering if it was possible he and his girlfriend could come to the next meeting." he suggested.

"I'd be pleased to have them join us." Wes smiled. "We're doing another meet and greet on Wednesday if they're free." he suggested.

"I'll make sure they are." Damon grinned. "Just don't say anything about you know what." he whispered. "We want to wait until the first trimester is over. He'd be devastated if he found out and anything went wrong." he nodded sadly.

"As I say, your secret is safe." Wes assured them. "Well I need to mingle. If you'd both excuse me." he said as Damon's phone chimed, letting him know a text had arrived.

"No problem." Damon smiled and shook Wes's hand, who then shook Elena's.

"It's been a pleasure." Wes smiled back and left.

Damon took his phone out of his pocket, read the message from Stefan and frowned.

"What is it?" Elena asked as Damon showed her the message.

"I think we need to get going." Damon told her as he replied to Stefan, telling him they were on their way.

The next stop was to buy Enzo a cell phone. Damon had suggested they get the latest iPhone, but Bonnie had been concerned they were throwing Enzo in at the deep end, and should at least give him a week with an old fashioned phone which was just there for calls, texts, music and photo's. However by the time they got to the store, Enzo had already found his way around the phone and was already browsing the internet.

"Why is it called Facebook?" Enzo asked.

"I have no idea." Bonnie shook her head, knowing what was coming next.

"And why is Twitter called Twitter? And why Tweets?" he raised an eyebrow in confusion.

"I didn't create it so I wouldn't know." Bonnie sighed.

"And why do people use these what do you call it, social medias?" he asked.

"It's called social media." Bonnie corrected him. "We use it to connect with people all over the world. Long lost friends, people with shared interests..." she shrugged, as they walked into the room full of different phones. "Pick one." she said, folding her arms, waiting with amusement for Enzo to make an idiot of himself.

Enzo walked over to a guy who must have been in his late twenties and was clearly a sales person. The guy had a beaming smile on his face at the prospect of a sale.

"Hi, I'm Mark. How can I help you today?" Mark the salesman asked.

"I'm looking for a myphone." Enzo said confidently as Bonnie snickered in the background at his mistake.

"Your phone?" Mark raised an eyebrow, clearly confused.

"Stop taking the bloody piss." Enzo rolled his eyes. "You know exactly what I'm talking about." he snapped.

Bonnie realized Enzo was on the verge of hurting the guy, so she rushed over to intervene. "He means iPhone." Bonnie corrected him. "He's British and has a bad cold. It's sometimes a little hard to tell exactly what he says. Right Enzo?" she turned to look at Enzo smugly, who suddenly started coughing dramatically and nodded.

"Terrible cold." he spluttered.

Mark grimaced and edged back. "The iPhone's are all over here." he said as he took them to the iPhone section.

They spent half an hour going through contracts, models and colors, before Enzo settled on the most up to date model and the most expensive contract Damon's card could get them. Mark helped them set the phone up and they left the store with Enzo having one more foothold into the twenty first century. Just as they stepped out of the door, Enzo grabbed Bonnie by the arm. She turned to look at him and frowned, wondering what the problem was.

"Thank you Bonnie." Enzo smiled. "You saved me from a very embarrassing situation. Of course I could have compelled him to forget. But I very much appreciate the gesture." he said.

"You're welcome." Bonnie narrowed her eyes at the surprise reaction, as she began to wonder if maybe Enzo wasn't so bad after all.

Twenty minutes after their little chat with Dr. Maxfield, Damon and Elena reached the Skull Bar. It was dark outside when they arrived as the meeting had taken a little longer than they'd expected. By the time they arrived, the bar was getting busy as students finished their classes and were either studying or relaxing for the evening, and there was music playing in the background. As they walked through the doors, they immediately spotted Caroline and Stefan sat on one of the couches, surrounded by books. At the bar Damon spotted Tyler chatting to the pretty blonde bartender. They walked over to where Stefan and Caroline were sat, and Elena flopped down on the empty couch opposite while Damon remained stood.

"Drink?" he asked Elena.

"I'll have a bourbon." Elena smiled. "I need it after that meeting." she said.

Damon looked over to Caroline and Stefan. "Same?" he asked as they both nodded before he headed over to the bar.

"How did it go with Dr. Maxfield?" Caroline asked.

"Probably best to wait until Damon comes back." Elena replied. "But I think we've covered our tracks fairly well." she smiled. "Did you ask Bonnie to come?" she asked as Stefan shook his head, while Damon returned with their drinks.

"Did the bartender ask you for ID?" Stefan asked.

"No." Damon frowned. "Should I be insulted for not looking under twenty one?" he laughed.

Stefan and Caroline looked at each other uncomfortably.

"Tyler tried to buy a beer earlier and she asked him for ID." Stefan told them. "Tyler tried to compel her, but couldn't." he said.

"You think she's on vervain?" Elena whispered.

"Probably." Caroline replied. "But we need to keep an eye on her. If she knows about vampires, she's probably already guessed what Tyler is." she said.

"Why didn't you ask Bonnie?" Elena asked.

"This doesn't affect her." Stefan replied. "She's not exactly going to try and compel her way out of showing some ID for alcohol." he said. "It's just a heads up that we have ID when we come here and get served by her."

"Won't Tyler be able to hear this?" Caroline asked.

Damon shook his head. "It's too noisy." he replied. "I couldn't hear you talking while I was at the bar." he said. "If I couldn't hear you, Lockwolf had no chance."

"So what do we do now?" Stefan asked.

"Well, Elena and I have arranged for you two to attend one of the Augustine's meetings." Damon told them. "In the meantime we need to keep an eye out on our bartender, see if she is on vervain." he said.

"You think it could be something else?" Elena asked.

"Well if she's working tomorrow night and doesn't end up behind the bar and howling on all fours, we can rule out her being a werewolf." Damon shrugged. "Which leaves us the options of vervain or whether she's a witch."

"Maybe we do need Bonnie after all." Caroline suggested.

"Well I'm out car shopping with Enzo tomorrow." Damon reminded them. "You guys study here and see what happens. Maybe Bon Bon will be able to pick up some witchy vibe." he suggested, drinking his bourbon down.

"Is she staying at your place again?" Caroline asked.

"Depends how late she and Enzo get back from their little road trip." Damon shrugged.

"Maybe it's time we should get going." Elena suggested.

"Probably." Stefan agreed.

"Do you mind if I get some things from my dorm?" Caroline asked. "If Bonnie's staying at your place again, I don't feel safe being on my own in the dorm." she said.

Damon raised an eyebrow. "Caroline, you're a..." he looked around furtively and lowered his voice. "...vampire. You can kick pretty much anyone's ass." he said.

"I know." she replied sheepishly. "But I still get scared." she said in a small voice.

"Of course you can stay." Elena said. "Can't she Damon." she glared at her boyfriend, tilting her head towards both Caroline and Stefan.

"Blondie." Damon grimaced. "You're welcome to stay any time you want."

"I'll take you back to your dorm." Stefan offered as he helped Caroline with her books."

"Thanks." Caroline smiled shyly as they put their jackets on.

Behind them, still sat at the bar, Tyler watched on as the four of them left. He knew they were up to something, he just wished he knew what it was.

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