AN: Hello fellow readers! Here is the next chapter of Finding Love! I hope you like it even though it's a bit of a filler chapter. Also keep an eye out for some familiar characters

Also thank you to everyone who reviewed and read the last chapter. It really means a lot to me that you're interested in my story!

I do not own the Vampire Diaries but I do own the plot.

Chapter 3

Previously on Finding Love

"Hello their mate" A voice interrupts him. Damon turns around to see who the voice belongs to and frowns after seeing who it is.

"Hello Klaus".

"Well I thought I would find you here since this is your place and all that" Klaus says in a casual voice while walking around the Boardinghouse.

"What do you want Klaus?" Damon asks in an annoyed tone not really in the mood to deal with his former best friend now.

Klaus just looks at Damon with a smirk on his face, "Well I came to see what was taking so long with my papers that I asked you for. They are important and you seem to be ignoring my phone calls".

Damon frowns, "Well sorry but I am not interested in doing papers for someone who has his own company and can probably do them by himself. I mean it's not like I want to help the man who is responsible for my company's business going down in the first place." Damon responds in a somewhat sarcastic voice.

Klaus smirks, "Well I would do it myself, but the client specifically ask for both of us. Besides since you and I don't exactly see eye to eye so that's why I asked for the papers so that..."

"So that you can use my work yet take full responsibility by saying that I was unable to show up and just left some papers behind" Damon interrupts looking at Klaus to confirm that he's right. When Klaus doesn't say anything, Damon has his answer.

"Well guess what Klaus, that's not going to happen! I won't be that type of person who hands over papers and lets people use them for their own selfish needs. Besides, you can steal Katherine from me but not my business" Damon responds with venom in his voice.

Klaus tenses up when Damon mentions Katherine, but doesn't anything at first. He then walks up to Damon until they are standing face to face. "Well I always known you were a smart one Salvatore" Klaus exclaims with a smirk on his face. "However it would be best if you still hand over the papers unless of course you wouldn't mind losing your business for good".

Damon frowns at Klaus's words. For all the years they have known each other, Damon knows that this is what usually happens if his former friend doesn't get his way. He basically threatens you until you give him what he wants.

Damon then smirks and slaps Klaus on the shoulder, "Oh Klaus. After knowing you for a few years, you don't think I will fall for your tricks now right?" Damon says which makes the smirk disappear off Klaus's face. "I mean you can threaten me all you want and even take away my business but we both know that it's not going to happen" Damon continues knowing that he won this round.

He then removes his hand and begins to walk away until Klaus interrupts, "Well then since you know my brilliant plan, I have to come up with a new one that I know will make you give up the papers for good. I mean who knows I could always confront you about it in front of everyone at the Halloween party next month" Klaus says which makes Damon stop in his tracks.

Damon then turns to face his rival, "What party?" he asks confused. A few minutes later, the realization suddenly comes to him.

"Do you mean Caroline Forbes's party next month?" Damon questions since the only party he knows about is the one that Elena told him about that's occurring next month.

Klaus smiles, "Why yes that is the party I'm talking about. The lovely Caroline has invited pretty much everyone in Mystic Falls including myself to one of her famous parties. Plus Katerina is coming with me as my date".

Damon tenses up and frowns at hearing his ex-girlfriend's name. Ever since he broke up with her, Klaus has been a real ass not only bragging about his company's success but also about his 'perfect' relationship with Katherine or Katerina as he liked to call her. Damon found it pretty sickening and not he had to be forced to watch them be all lovey dovey at the party next month.

"This party just got a lot more fun now" Damon thinks sarcastically to himself.

He then turns to Klaus, "Well we'll see how it goes at the party but until then I don't want to be near you or Katherine. Now get the hell out of my house!" Damon sneers with bitterness in his voice.

Klaus the backs away and heads to the door. "Fine have it your way mate. You may have won this round but don't think I haven't given up yet. See you at the party." Klaus then heads out the door leaving Damon standing there.

Elena is exhausted by the time she comes home. After Damon left the Diner soon became really busy with lots of demanding customers. It was so crowded that Elena and Bonnie had to ask one of the other waitresses Anna if she could stay later than usual which ended up working well.

Elena then turns on her answering machine to find a message on her phone. She's even more surprised to see that it's from her aunt Jenna.

"Hey Elena, it's Jenna. I know it's been a while since we last talked, but it's been a very busy time now. I hope you and Jeremy are doing well and Alaric says hello to everyone. Well be sure to give me a call back sometime so we can catch up. Well I got to go but see you at the party next month!"

The message then ends and Elena shakes her head. Jenna may be a busy woman and not have a lot of time to visit but she means well. Ever since she got married to lawyer Alaric Saltzman, she has been really busy and acting strange for some reason. Elena thinks that it's probably the stress of being a married woman but Jenna does deserve a nice life after once taking up her time to be guardian to her and Jeremy after their parents died. However, it still amazes Elena that despite this Jenna still remembers Caroline's Halloween party next month since almost everyone knows about it.

Elena shakes her head and then walks into her room where there are a lot of pictures on the wall. Most of them are of her parents, Jenna, Bonnie and Caroline. However, she then spots a picture of Damon, Stefan and herself. The picture was taken when she was turning 14 and Damon and Stefan surprised her by taking a trip to Georgia where all her friends surprised her with a party.

Elena smiles at the memory and then remembers that Damon is supposed to take her out for dinner tonight. He also made it very clear that it's not a date although it feels like a date since they get to dress up and go to a nice restaurant..

"NO Elena! Damon is your best friend! You're not supposed to think that way about him! He's just being a nice friend by taking you out for dinner that's all" Elena tried to reassure herself, but she still couldn't help but think if Damon really had feelings for her.

She shakes her head at the thoughts and then heads to her room to lie down all while thinking of her blue-eyed best friend.

It's 7:00pm and Damon finds himself not able to sleep at all. He can't stop thinking of Klaus, party, Katherine...

"What are you doing brother?" a confused voice asks which startles Damon. He turns around and realizes that he's had so much on his mind, he hasn't noticed his brother Stefan come through the door.

"Oh not much, since Klaus just dropped by not too long ago, threatened me and all that. You didn't really miss a lot" Damon replies with his voice full of sarcasm.

Stefan frowns since he knows that every time Klaus drops by or his name is mentioned, then his brother's mood can change from happy to angry in a matter of seconds.

"Well at least he didn't burn down the house or anything so that's good at least" Stefan jokes hoping that would lighten up his brother's mood. When Damon doesn't smile, Stefan sighs, "Klaus is gone now and besides I'm sure that isn't the only thing that happened to you today".

Damon lifts his head no longer having a frown on his face, "Well no besides seeing Klaus's face, I did meet up with Elena at the Diner today" Damon smirks which grabs Stefan's attention right away.

"What did you talk about? It's not like you to ditch work and go see Elena at the Diner" Stefan says in a curious voice since he knows that his brother isn't usually that kind of person.

Damon puts his hand on his chest "Oh you hurt me brother" Damon says in a fake hurt tone which makes Stefan raise his eyebrows at his brother's actions. "But in all seriousness, I just got really overwhelmed at work with Klaus wanting me to fill out his papers so I decided to visit my best friend at the Diner. We had a nice chat and I invited her out to dinner tomorrow night" Damon says in a confident voice happy not to be talking about Klaus anymore.

Stefan tenses and has a somewhat sad look on his face when Damon mentions Elena's name. It's no secret that the younger Salvatore has had the biggest crush on Elena for the longest time. Every time Damon mentions her, Stefan gets jealous since his brother has always been closer to Elena although Stefan is the one who has feelings for her. He once thought that Damon felt that way too, but he told his brother that their just friends. However Stefan has a hard time believing that at times and believes his brother only said that so that he won't get his heart-broken again just like with Klaus and Katherine. So all Stefan can do is be Elena's friend and pretend that doesn't want their friendship to turn into something more.

"Well I hope you and Elena have a good time tomorrow night. Have a good night brother" Stefan says and then walks off to his bedroom. Damon just stares and heads to his own room knowing that tomorrow will be a good night indeed.

AN: Well what did you think? Like I said this was a bit of a filler chapter but it was necessary for the story. Well we been introduced to Stefan, Jenna and Alaric. Don't worry they will show up later on during the party where a lot takes place :)

Next chapter is the long-awaited dinner 'date'. What do you think will happen? I will give you a hint: Rebekah, dinner and dancing!

Until next time!

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