Chapter 5:

The trip to the Salvatore Boarding House was a big blur to Elena. She stared unseeingly at the trees and familiar buildings as they passed them her mind too caught up in memories she'd sworn she would never revisit, not after she'd left, associated with the Boarding House.

There was the first time her and Stefan had kissed, on the front porch, and where they'd had sex for the first time. It was also the place where she found out she looked exactly like Katherine, and that she was in fact adopted. Where she had found out both Stefan and Damon were vampires.

It had also been where she'd met Damon, and where she had spent a lot of time with him during the summer after Stefan had left. She remembered how on her 18th birthday he had given her the vervain necklace Stefan had given her months ago back, and helped her put it on.

She touched the very necklace, replaying her memories of Stefan. She hadn't thought about Stefan much over the past seven years; sure, she'd wondered from time to time if he was free from Klaus, and what he'd been up to the past couple of years. But her feelings for him had faded a long time ago, and were now a memory. A part of her would always care about him though.

She'd found herself wondering more about Damon as time went on, and wondered how things would play out now that they had met after she'd left abruptly with no explanation or goodbye.

"This is your house?" Tony exclaimed, shaking Elena out of her thoughts. She looked and saw they had arrived at the Boarding House, which Tony was openly gaping at. Ziva too looked surprised at its size.

She could emphasize with their reactions; that had been her first reaction when she'd seen this house.

"Yep. It used to be a Boarding House passed down through the generations but now it's just a house." Damon said walking up and opening the door. "Ladies first." He added with a smirk, gesturing for Elena and Ziva to go first. Elena rolled her eyes slightly and stepped into the house.

Like the rest of town she'd seen, it hadn't changed any. It was still insanely huge with the antique looking furniture. She could easily imagine she was still 17 and stopping by to see either Stefan or Damon.

She heard the door shut and turned to see Damon and Tony had followed them inside. Tony's reaction was similar to the one he'd expressed at the sight of the house.

"Feel free to take any room except for mine and my brother's." Damon said, walking over to the mini car behind one of the couches and pouring himself a drink.

"You have a brother?" Tony asked. Damon nodded. "Is he here?"

Elena looked at Damon, wanting to know the answer as well. She wasn't sure how she would feel if Stefan was indeed here, knowing nothing was the same between them. But she did want to know if he was okay.

"No." Damon said, shaking his head. "He hasn't been here for years, not since he suddenly left town." Elena knew what that was code for: he was still off with Klaus doing who-knows-what.

There were a few minutes of silence, before Ziva broke it by saying she was going to get some sleep and thanks to Damon for letting them stay here. Tony followed soon after, leaving Elena with just Damon.

The brunette watched him as he finished pouring his drink and sat down on one of the couches.

"Are all of your teammates as hot as that Ziva chick?" He asked suddenly. Elena stared, wondering if he was serious. He seemed to be. "So what have you been up to the past seven years?" He continued, changing the subject when she didn't answer.

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Tony had only been asleep a few minutes before he was woken with hushed shouting. He groggily got out of bed, grabbed his gun and holstered it just in case, before slowly creeping outside the room he'd chosen and towards the stairs.

He stopped at the top, where he had a good view of what was going on while still being able to hide so no one spotted him. He recognized the two people shouting as Elena and Damon.

"Why the hell didn't you tell me you were all right?!" Damon was shouting. "I'd spent the past seven years assuming Klaus had found out you were still alive and killed you!"

"I'm sorry, but I needed a clean break!" Elena shouted back. "And I'd been keeping safe; I haven't seen any sign of Klaus ever since he left with Stefan all those years ago."

Tony blinked and furrowed his eyebrows. Who the hell was this Klaus? What did they mean by 'found out you were still alive'? Is Elena in some sort of trouble? He thought. It sure sounded like it, and he found he didn't like it one bit. And also, who was this Stefan?

"How do you know he hasn't found out about you? I mean, from what I've gathered all of these vampire attacks have been on Naval officers and Marines, which NCIS investigates." Damon continued his voice lower than before. "Not to mention that for all we know my brother went and ratted you out!"

Tony felt his eyebrows rise. Vampires? They were just myths, right? So why were they talking about them so calmly?

"I doubt Stefan would do that, besides, if Klaus had found out I was alive, he wouldn't be killing all these people; he would have just killed me the first time he had a chance, which would have been years ago." Elena replied. "And can you please keep it down? I don't want my teammates finding out about vampires and everything else." She added.

He gathered Stefan was Damon's brother, but he still wanted to know who this Klaus guy was and why they kept talking about him killing Elena if he found out she was still alive. He was also curious as to what was the 'everything else' Elena was talking about, and how vampires fit into everything. Maybe it's some type of gang. Tony thought. But something in his gut told him otherwise.

Tony sat at the top of the stairs for a few more minutes, but Damon and Elena's voices had died down to where they were inaudible to his ears. He stood up and went back to the room he had chosen and climbed in the bed, trying and failing to fall asleep. Everything he'd overheard kept replaying over in his mind, and the more he thought about it, the more he wanted to confront Elena about it and find the answers.

At first he'd assumed his worry for the other agent was just on a professional level- after all, they were partners- but slowly began to realize it was more than that. He'd ignored it at first, believing it was nothing because of the feelings he'd had for Ziva, but slowly felt those feelings for the Israeli fade to be replaced by those for Elena.

He shook himself out of those thoughts, knowing nothing could happen because of it, and decided to confront Elena about what he'd overheard in the morning. As just a concerned co-worker and partner. He reminded himself. But he had a feeling that was easier said than done.

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I am so sorry about how long it's taken to get this out! This chapter was extremely hard to write, since I had to try and make the NCIS and Vampire Diaries characters in character. I'm sorry if Damon or anyone is OOC.

If you're wondering about my other stories, I'm updating 'Soulmates' and 'Magical Love' next. I'm thinking about starting a new Harry Potter/Vampire Diaries crossover similar to 'Soulmates', but I want to know if you guys want me to update one of my other stories before I start that. Those stories are 'Lurking Danger' (NCIS/VD), 'When Future and Past Collide' (Inheritance Cycle/VD), 'Saviors' (NCIS/VD), and 'Born To Die' (NCIS/VD).

Hope you guys enjoyed the chapter and have a good week, especially after all the depressing stuff on the news last week.