I know it's been a while but, in my defense, I did warn you guys that I was going on hiatus (well, I warned you on my profile...).

Anywho, here's an update to ease you back into the story as I try to get back on schedule. Most of my updating energy will go to this fic since it seems to be my most popular. The other ones will be updated in due time, though.

Chapter 7: On The Road Again

"He couldn't have gotten far. He doesn't even have his passport," Elena stated as they all, except for the currently passed out Meredith in the backseat, piled out of the SUV in the airport parking lot.

"There he is!" Bonnie pointed in the direction of the entrance, where Matt and Jade were about to stumble their way in. "We have to stop him before he goes inside."

At that, they took off at a run. Damon beat them all to it by using vamp speed, grabbing Matt by the back of his shirt and yanking him back right before he entered the airport.

"And just where do you think you're going, on this fine night?"

"Take your stinking, filthy, grubby hands off me," Matt slurred. It took all of Damon's self-restraint not to knock the drunk boy out.

"Take him," Damon said, shoving Matt into Stefan. Stefan, Elena, and Bonnie had just caught up.

"What about the girl he was with?" Bonnie asked.

"What about her?"

"It's not a good idea to leave her," Stefan replied.

"So?"

"She could hurt herself or someone else, that's if they don't arrest her first."

Damon heaved a sigh and rolled his eyes. "I'll be out, shortly."

Stefan nodded his head and began to lead the semi-conscious Matt back to the car.

Damon entered the airport and channeled power to his nose, searching for the overwhelming scent of booze. This would be his only way of indentifying Jade since he'd never met her or knew her name. She was staggering her way towards security.

Great, Damon thought to himself. The crowd was too thick for him to run, so Damon had to weave through the crowd at normal speed – even if that meant knocking a few people out of the way. And their children.

Too bad it was all in vain.

"Ma'am, have you been drinking?"

"Only a teeny, weeny bit." Jade held up her thumb and index finger to illustrate a "teeny, weeny bit". She had shoved her way to the front of the line and security was surrounding her. A female officer approached.

"Miss, I'm going to need you to come with me." The woman took Jade by the elbow.

"N-no. You don't understand. I'm getting married. I have to go to my wedding!" Jade exclaimed, swaying a little in her place as she did so. "Why is the room spinning?"

"I'm here!" Damon appeared by Jade's side.

"Who are you?" the officer asked.

"Her…fiancé," Damon mumbled.

"You're my fiancé? But dude – you're totally freakin' HAWT!" Jade stuck her finger into Damon's chest, looking truly baffled.

"I know, sweetie, and it's time to go. You had a little too much to drink at your bachelorette party. I'll take it from here officers." Damon replied, feigning concern.

Leaving room for no protest, Damon threw Jade over his shoulder and made a mad dash for the exit. To his relief, Stefan had the common sense to pull the SUV up outside the exit and wait for him there.

Damon wrenched the backseat door open, deposited a giggling Jade inside, and sat himself up front.

"Drive!" Damon commanded. Stefan floored it.

"Didn't you Influence them?" Elena asked from the backseat.

"There was no time. I had to get that drunken nitwit out of there."

"I'm your drunken nitwit, now," Jade purred from the backseat to which Damon sighed and rubbed the bridge of his nose.

"What's your name?" Stefan asked.

"It's Jade. Where am I?" she replied.

"You'll be home soon if you tell me where you live."

"Easy street! Where the sun's always shining!" Jade sang.

"What?" Elena looked at Bonnie.

"That's from that movie All Dogs Go To Heaven," Bonnie replied, reminiscing on the films of her childhood as Jade continued.

"Not a cloud in the skyyyyyyyy!"

"I have an idea," Damon spoke. Stefan shot his brother a warning glance to which said brother ignored. "Let's just drop her off at the club she came from. She'll pass out, wake up, and get herself home."

"We can't just leave her. Besides, we don't even know what place they were at."

"We never checked out of our hotel rooms, before we left. Let's just leave her there," Bonnie suggested.

"She's going to freak out when she wakes," replied Elena. "Think about it. Getting wasted and waking up in a hotel room."

"So we stay with her."

"Hunter-slayers are on the watch for us, remember?" Damon replied.

"Okay, so we drop her off at the hotel, leave a note explaining that she got drunk and needed help, and then leave. That way she wakes up safe and sound without worrying if she got violated. Right?"

Damon turned to face the redhead. "I've always admired that brilliant little mind of yours," he said, smiling full on. Bonnie blushed.

Jade was snoring heavily by the time they laid her down in what had been Stefan and Elena's hotel room. Then, they left the note and were on their way back to the States.

Damon, once again the driver, sped over the border like he did the first time. Matt and Meredith were still in deep sleep, and Bonnie and Elena had nodded off as well. Only the Salvatore brothers, up front, were awake.

"You've got to be kidding me," Stefan sighed. "After everything we just went through?"

Damon grinned. "What's the matter brother?" Damon replied as they entered the next destination on the list. "We're going to have lots of fun in Chicago."

More insanity (and hopefully hilarity) to ensue next.

Is there something you would like to see happen? I'm open to suggestions, so let me know. Reviews are also nice ;)