Elizabeth: "Mr. O'Malley is a bit of a trouble patient. He doesn't warm up to just any doctor. You're in luck."

He flashes that killer smile and brushes her shoulder as he goes into the next room to check on another patient. There's just something Elizabeth found attractive about him. It was almost like there was a spell being cast. The air around him was heavy and he seemed to draw her in with his eyes. As soon as eye contact was lost, she was back to reality. The sounds of the hospital came back to life and she was on her rounds as well.

Maybe it was just his piercing blue eyes and the way they sparkled when he spoke to her. Maybe she was just feeling her own hormones raging a bit because she hadn't had a boyfriend in a while. She was pretty sure Dr. Salvatore was just doing his job and she was reading way too far into this. It was just more full moon crazies clouding her judgment.

She met up with Jessica in the employee lounge.

Jessica: "So, what's up with Dr. Hottie?"

Elizabeth: "Shhh, keep your voice down. He can hear you."

Jessica: "I highly doubt he can hear us in here. He's outside the doors. He's been checking you out."

Elizabeth: "Would you knock it off? He is not checking me out. We are working a job together. He's my superior. It wouldn't be right to start a relationship with him."

Jessica: "Well, speaking as your best girl friend and as your social director, it's been awhile since you've been with a man. I'd say there's a 50/50 chance that you and Dr. Blue eyes could hook up."

Elizabeth: "I don't hook up at work. Thank you very much."

The rest of the day went on and soon it was time to go home. Elizabeth was gathering her stuff from her locker when Dr. Salvatore popped up behind her in the common area. She jumped back startled by his sudden "appearance".

Elizabeth: "You scared the hell out of me right now. I didn't even hear the door open."

Dr. Salvatore: "I was in the back. I didn't mean to startle you."

Elizabeth: "It's OK. I've been on edge all night. I almost ran someone over on the way to work today."

Dr. Salvatore: "Oh my God. How are you handling it?"

Elizabeth: "I'm all right. He jumped out of the way of the car before I could hit him. The funny thing is he didn't even try to stop me from hitting him. I think he was suicidal."

Dr. Salvatore: "Yeah. You have to watch out for all types of nut jobs when there is a full moon. I'm just glad you didn't take his life."

Elizabeth: "You and I both. It's been an extremely strange evening for me. I swore there was a man watching my house earlier this evening too and when I went to look again, he was gone."

Dr. Salvatore: "I think you need some time off. Imaging your seeing things is a sign of sleep deprivation."

Elizabeth: "I have been working a lot of hours lately. I need the money. I have bills to pay."

Dr. Salvatore: "We all have bills to pay. It's OK to take time for yourself. Your not doing your patients any good if your not there 100%. Trust me on this. I know what I'm talking about."

The intense look in his blue eyes felt like he was giving her a piece of his heart with his friendly advice to get more sleep. She smiled an appreciative smile back.

Elizabeth: "Yeah. I'm sure you've had your share of graveyard shifts."

Dr. Salvatore: "I have had many. But, I'm a night person. I don't mind being up all night and resting during the day."

Elizabeth: "Well, I'm going to get going. Maybe get some of that sleep thing you're prescribing."

Dr. Salvatore: "Sounds like a good idea. Hey, why don't you and I grab some dinner tomorrow before work?"

Elizabeth: "Dr. Salvatore."

Dr. Salvatore: "Please, call me Damon."

Elizabeth: "All right, Damon. We are colleagues. Aren't you afraid of dating your coworker and what people are going to say?"

Damon: "I'm simply asking a friend to have dinner with me. There's no need for speculation on their part."

There was that sparkle in his eye again. It felt like he knew she wanted him.

Elizabeth: "Sure. No harm in two friends eating together. Why not."

She gives him her phone number before getting her keys out of her purse and heading to the parking garage. Meanwhile, at the Salvatore house,

Stefan: "What are you doing, Damon?"

Damon: "Coming home from a long day at work. You should try it some time. It helps with the whole blending in to society thing you have going on."

Stefan: "You know what I meant by that. You're the anti social one. Everyone in this town is food to you and yet, here you are getting close to a woman and going to work like nothing is going on."

Damon: "Awe, you're adorable when you're jealous. I think this move has your heart still wanting Elena."

Stefan: "We both know why that move happened."

Damon changes out of his scrubs while he is talking to Stefan.

Damon: "You're not still blaming me for that Vampire war in Mystic Falls, are you because I never set out to start a war in that town? I just wanted Cathrin back in my life. It was nothing personal. I never did understand all the drama."

Stefan: "It's not drama. Those old vampires killed people. You brought the blood into the tomb. You woke them up."

Damon: "Correction. Bonnie and her grandmother opened that tomb. The thousand year old vampires did what they do best. Survive."

Stefan: "You knew that opening that tomb would destroy Mystic Falls and you knew that it would tear Elena and me apart. That's why you did it."

Damon: "I don't give a damn about what opening that tomb did to Mystic Falls and I sure as hell don't give a damn about what it did between you and Elena. That's your story and her drama. I didn't force her to leave you. As for that war, they were out to kill us. In case you forgot, they were on a vampire hunt and you and I are vampires. They didn't give a damn that you were trying to help that town and they didn't give a damn that we weren't out to hurt them."

Stefan: "They never would've known you and I existed if you didn't show up in town and start killing people like it was hunting season."

Damon: "You really have gone completely human. Listen to you blaming all your issues on the undead. Here's a newsflash for you. You are one of the undead, Stefan. You're a vampire and you survive on blood the same as I do. If you don't drink human blood, you grow weak and when you grow weak, you can't defend yourself like I can. You're not as quick as I am and you're not as quick to heal as I am. You needed that war as a wake up call. I happen to enjoy hunting and I happen to like warm fresh blood."

Stefan: "You really have no remorse for destroying an entire town and killing thousands of innocent people. You're selfish quest caused the destruction of an entire town."

Damon: "I got angry. They shouldn't have tried to come after me and make the world's issues all about me. If I wasn't there... blah, blah blah. Whatever, I am not the root of all evil. I'm sorry to wake everyone up and make them realize that. I want what all those people walking this earth want. I wanted companionship and I wanted to spend the rest of my existence with the woman I love. I can't accept that she wasn't in that tomb and I can't accept that she wasn't looking for me all this time. Yeah, I made some selfish choices and you know what? I don't regret any of it. Neither should you."

Stefan: "I would really like to sympathize with you, but I don't even recognize you as my brother anymore. Where did this entire pen up frustration come from?"

Damon: "Oh no, you don't get to patronize me and you sure as hell don't get to grieve for those murdering fools that died in Mystic Falls. They were out to kill you too, Stefan. You're a vampire and they wanted us all dead. Kathrine could've helped us. She could've saved us from all of that."

Stefan: "You honestly think she would've lifted one finger to help us."

Damon: "I know she would've helped us. She would've gone straight after the whole Gilbert family for imprisoning her in the first place. Revenge would've been sweet. You put her in prison when you refused to keep my secret for me."

Stefan: "I had no idea Dad would react that way. He always said we could trust him with any thing."

Damon: "He was on a vampire hunt. Daddy wasn't going to embrace his son's undead girlfriend. We both knew that. That's why we promised to keep her secret. Spare me the fake innocent act. You knew all this then and you know it now. Apparently, your word to your brother meant nothing to you and it means nothing now. I can't trust you."

Stefan: "I am sorry that happened to you."

Damon: "No your not. But, you're starting to."

With that, he was gone. Leaving Stefan to think about how he would pay for his double cross for the rest of their time. An all out Vampire war was just the beginning. They would never be considered "even" in his eyes. Damon wouldn't be happy until it got personal for Stefan.

What Damon didn't know and Stefan would never say was he had made it personal. Elena was caught dead in the middle of an all out crazy war and he had to do what he had to do to protect her. That meant he had to feed and get strong. The one thing Stefan never wanted he had to have human blood to survive the war. Elena was a direct descendant of Kathrine and the old Vampires wanted her to take the lead.

Stefan wanted her to stay out of it. He would kill them before he would let any of them take Elena away. He fought for her to stay mortal. It worked as long as he kept feeding off human blood and stayed strong.

Damon sure wasn't going to step in to protect Elena. He'd feed her to them the first chance he got. He wanted Stefan to suffer and watch the love of his life being ripped from his arms the same as he watched Kathrine being ripped from his. He'd help them as much as he could. So, Stefan would make the sacrifice and keep himself strong so he could defend her himself. It worked right up until the war ended.

Elena couldn't live with the fact that he head killed people the same as Damon to survive and it had driven them apart. Of course, none of this was enough for Damon. Besides, she had feelings for both Salvatore brothers. That added more fuel to Damon's fire. They had to leave town and make a new life for them.

Stefan wasn't going to let Damon turn New Orleans into another Mystic Falls.