Thank you all for your support. I know I say this every time but you guys are so great. It inspires me to write. Everyone has been reviewing and/or putting an alert on my story. I literally wake up to an inbox full when I check my email on my phone. I love it and I hope it continues. Here's another chapter for my AMAZING followers. Everyone had questions about Mani-Jeremy situation and the Big Delena moment (sex lol). I can assure you that this is just the beginning and everything is about to spill over in the next few chapters. Anway Enjoy:

Elena watched as Katherine danced in front of the mirror in the music room. Caroline was cheering their sister and best friend on. Katherine was performing with her dance group at the Festival later this week and needed to practice her solo dance. The beat to Rihanna's song blasted loud, Elena was sure people outside could hear. Katherine's hips moved every time she beat dropped and Elena could never guess how her sister did it. It was one thing to be Miss Prima Ballerina in the state of Virginia but then to be able to do any kind of dance was another thing. Elena could dance but Kat was like a league of her own. Katherine's dance friend and Bonnie's cousin, Lucy was seated next to Elena laughing.

"Put your name on it. Come and put your name on it." Caroline sang with the track said as Katherine moved down then up using her hips.

"Get it Kat!" Caroline exclaimed eating popcorn on the couch.

It's not even my birthday (my birthday)

But he want to lick the icing off (the icing off)

I know you want it in the worst way (the worst way)

Can't wait to blow my candles out,

He want that

Katherine's body moved with every single beat as she moved side to side.

Cake, cake, cake, cake, cake,

Cake, cake, cake, cake, cake,

Cake, cake, cake,cake,cake,

She jumped up into a split, turning around in it then suddenly then dipped to the ground when she landed to the ground. She rolled to the right seductively and wiggled her finger back and forth. She jumped up and down then ran to a spot. She continued to move as the song faded out. The next song came out. Lucy got up and ran into position.

"Kat, why are you guys practicing alone?" Elena shouted over the music as her sister and Lucy jumped up and down.

"No practice today and I like to be perfect!" Kat shouted as she moved to a different spot.

Kat and Lucy continue to jump then stopped.

"Shake that!" The electronic voice form the song said.

The two moved side from side changing positions as the beat continued on. Caroline was just swaying back and forth on the couch mouthing the words. Elena shook her head at her best friend.

"So have you and dangerously sexy done the deed yet?" Caroline exclaimed so Elena could hear over the music.

"No Care, my maiden head is still intact." Elena mocked with a smile.

"Well isn't that like something out of the 1800s." Caroline said with a small smile.

Elena threw some popcorn at Caroline who just giggled. Elena felt a vibration from her leg and looked down to see her phone glowing. Damon's name and a picture of the two kissing were showing on the front screen.

"Cute picture." Caroline teased making Elena roll her eyes as she answered the phone.

"Hey!" She yelled into the phone.

"Hey Lena … where are you?" Damon asked.

"Home." Elena shouted as the music got louder.

"What the hell is going on? Are you three throwing a party?" Damon exclaimed into the phone.

"Not exactly. Kat's dance group is performing at the Carnival Saturday so she and Lucy are practicing in the music room. We're just all having fun."

"Oh. I thought I would swing by, I mean, I'm downstairs with Jeremy now but I kind of thought you weren't home."

"Trust me, we're home."

"We're coming up now. Warning there are children with us." Damon said laughing.

Elena hung up the call and flopped back down on the couch. Caroline raised an eyebrow at her that was her sign to start talking.

"Damon and Jer are on their way upstairs." Elena revealed.

"Does Jer know about you two?"

"It's not like we're official. When we are, we'll talk to Jeremy." Elena told her best friend.

Caroline and Elena turned around to see Katherine and Lucy laughing and going into a formation. Elena recognized the song playing as Get Outta Your Mind by Lil Jon; it was a notorious party song from a couple of years ago. Lucy and Katherine were partners and Lucy was standing behind Kat. They jumped up and hit the ground hard. They arms flung downward as the bass bumped. The door to the room suddenly opened Katherine did a back flip over Lucy who was bending down. Damon, Jeremy, Amelia, Niklaus and Mia came into the room. Amelia walked up to Katherine and starting dancing in front of her. Katherine could only laugh and grab Amelia's hand.

"Dance Lia!" She encouraged.

Katherine and Lucy started moving to the side. Lia watched then copied them perfectly. Caroline squealed cheering them on.

"Get it Lia!" Caroline cheered.

Lucy and Katherine showed Amelia what to do next and she caught on quick.

"You should try out for the team." Lucy told Amelia.

"She's too young." Damon replied instantly with wide eyes.

"Damon, she'll be thirteen soon. It's just dancing; we don't want her to work at one of your strip clubs." Katherine said rolling her eyes.

"Please Damon, I won't become a stripper." Amelia said pleading.

Caroline and Elena both laughed at Lia's stripper comment. Elena knew Damon was probably fuming on the inside.

"Thank you Katherine for corrupting my sister." Damon said sarcasm dripping from every word.

"You're welcome." Katherine replied with a sly smile.

"So what's with the group? Family outing?" Katherine asked laughing.

Jeremy gave his sister a glare which she just shrugged at.

"Damon needed to get Amelia from her friend's house which isn't far from that ice cream shop. Mia and Klaus wouldn't stop begging from ice cream so it was a win-win." Jeremy explained.

"Nice. So where's Bonnie?" Katherine asked with arrowed eyes.

"You tell me, I know she was here earlier." Jeremy replied back, his face becoming red.

"It was just a question. I didn't think you two hung out with a crowd, that's all." Katherine mocked.

"She went to go get her dress gosh. She'll be back later." Caroline exclaimed.

"Dress?" Amelia questioned.

"For the Miss Mystic Falls Ball. She didn't enter but she needs a dress for the after party."

"Are you two doing it this year?" Jeremy asked Katherine and Caroline knowing Elena did it every year.

"Yes, I am but I can't dance the first song because I'm singing the song."

"Just like Carol Lockwood to use her future daughter in law for one of her events." Damon said smiling.

"Well everyone knows I can sing. The council voted and I won. So in return I can't dance for the first dance which is weird." Caroline said.

Jeremy looked to Katherine who was smirking toward Caroline.

"What?" Katherine exclaimed.

"Are you in the competition this year?"

"No, I don't feel like putting on clothes from the 1800s the day of the parade. I will pass, though I do have a sexy outfit for the Ball after the competition." Katherine told her brother.

"So do you guys need anything else? Shoes?" Jeremy asked pulling out his wallet.

Katherine was the first to hold her hand out and Jeremy looked up at her suspiciously.

"Why are you looking at me like I murdered someone? I need my shoes!" Katherine exclaimed making Caroline and Elena burst into giggles.

Jeremy handed her a hundred dollar bill hesitantly before making his way over to Caroline and Elena. He headed them each a hundred dollar bill.

"Jer, I have everything!" Caroline said holding out the money.

"Then get more things. Take the money and spend it." Jeremy said brushing off her attempt of giving the money back.

"Thanks." Elena and Caroline said in unison and Jeremy looked to Katherine.

Katherine rolled her eyes dramatically and sighed loudly. She looked at Jeremy with a mocking expression.

"Thank you Jeremy Jonathon Gilbert."

All the girls in the room except Mia laughed. Jeremy just pushed Katherine lightly as she laughed at him.

"Well I brought lunch for at least twenty people. It's all downstairs."

"Lunch? I'm out." Caroline said heading down stairs.

"I will never understand how she stays skinny as much as she eats." Jeremy said joking.

"It's the drugs she's on." Katherine joked as everyone headed out the room.

Damon and Elena were the last two to leave. Damon smiled at her and waggled his eyebrows.

"So can I see your dress?" Damon questioned.

Elena just giggled leaving the room. Damon ran after her and held her by the waist on the stairs. Elena just giggled and squealed loudly.

"Damon let me go before Jer wonders where I'm at!" Elena said.

"He went to go get Mani from work. So he's not here." Damon whispered his teeth grazing her ear.

Elena shivered as she felt it and tried to wiggle free from his grasp. Damon picked her making her squeal. He carried her downstairs over his shoulder laughing.

"Damon put me down!" Elena exclaimed loudly.

"I want to see your dress." Damon told her making her laugh.

"You can see it Friday!" Elena shouted to him from over his shoulder.

"That's three days away. Too long!" Damon exclaimed carrying her up the main stairs.

Elena could see Katherine and Caroline with their heads out the kitchen door smiling at them.

"Have fun Lena!" Katherine's voice sang teasing her.

"Screw you Kat!" Elena shouted as they reached the top of the stairs.

Elena finally stopped struggling as they headed into her room. Damon threw her down on her bed making her laugh. Elena pouted at him as he stood at her bed watching her.

"Don't pout. Go get that dress."

Elena just stuck her tongue out like she was five and went into her huge walk in closet. She picked up the bag and brought it out. Damon was leaning back in her computer chair with a smile on his face. His eyebrows knitted together when she came out.

"I thought you were going to model for me." Damon said to her.

"No one sees me in this dress besides Kat until the day of that competition," Elena said with a severe face, "That reminds me I need to text Stefan so he knows the color of his tie."

"Why do you need to tell Stefan the color tie he needs?" Damon questioned.

"He's my escort." Elena said texting his brother.

"Were you going to tell me?" Damon asked looking offended.

"Damon, I asked him to be my escort at the beginning of the summer. The summer is almost over now and it was already set. I forgot to tell you." Elena said looking up at him as she finished the text message.

"I'm not mad about my brother escorting you; I just wanted you to tell me."

Elena walked toward him and sat on his lap, putting a leg on either side of him. Elena kissed him lips sweetly, cupping his cheek.

"I'm sorry babe. I just forgot." Elena apologized.

Damon wrapped his arms around her waist bringing her closer to him. Elena snuggled into him.

"So why can't I see the dress on you?" Damon asked making Elena laugh.

"It's like a Christmas present. You wait until Christmas to unwrap it. It builds suspense and makes it better." Elena reasoned with him.

Damon just laughed at her reasoning. Hey, whatever floated her boat. Elena smacked his chest playfully smiling.

"Don't laugh at me."

"I'm not laughing at you babe."

"Whatever. I know you were." Elena said getting up from his lap.

Damon pulled her back down and started tickling her. Elena just giggled.

"Damon stop! I do need to eat."

"I can feed you." Damon offered making her smile at him.

"I know you would feed me, but Jer bought food for me. I can eat that. There's no need for you to make a production so I can eat."

"I like cooking for you." Damon revealed to her.

"So sweet." Elena mumbled giving him tiny kisses along his face and neck.

Damon just chuckled making her body shake with each of his laughs. Elena smiled into his neck kissing it.

"So I have a question." Damon said quietly.

"YEA?" Elena asked without looking up from the curve of his neck.

"Will I be able to undress you in that dress?" He joked.

Elena smiled into his neck. Of course, he was still a man.

"You must be backed-up." Elena joked making him confused.

"Backed up?" He questioned her.

"You've been with me all summer so I know you weren't getting any. You must be backed up down there." Elena explained to him making him laugh.

"Just a bit but it's okay." Damon told her honestly.

"I want to ... you know, with you." Elena told him pulling away from his neck.

Damon looked at her like he was searching her face for some answers.

"Are you sure?"

"Damon if Kat hadn't walked in three years ago, I would have done it with you without all this extra tension. So yea, I'm completely sure." Elena told him.

"Alright." Damon said kissing her lips.

"Lena your fries are going to get cold!" A voice said coming into the room.

Damon and Elena broke apart and turned to the door. Katherine was standing there smiling in appreciation with her hands on her hips.

"Kat get out!" Elena shouted making her twin laugh.

"Well Jeremy just got back with Mani. Bonnie is about five minutes away and I don't think you two want to be caught up here dry-humping one another. So I'll let you decide and I'll cover for five minutes."

Katherine walked out the room. Damon exhaled and dropped his head into Elena's breast.

"Your sister is like the biggest cock block ever." Damon's muffled voice said making Elena laugh.

She slowly got up from his lap and dragged him up too.

"Come on pouty." Elena said dragging him from the room.

"I hate Kat." Damon whined making her laugh.

"Damon you do not hate my sister and plus you weren't getting any now anyway." Elena said walking off.

Damon's mouth hung wide open as Elena laughed running down the stairs. He finally pulled himself together and chased after her.

Mani and Elena sat in the office typing on separate laptops.

"Hey Mani, are you working the floor tonight?" Elena asked looking up from the Mac in front of her.

"Jer didn't tell you," Mani asked looking up, "Of course he didn't. He and Damon made me a manager so no more getting hit on floor except when I'm bartending. The only upside is I get great tips when I bartend."

Elena laughed at Mani's revelation. Of course, tips were the only reason a pretty girl like Mani would stay a bartender.

"I bet Jer threw a fit when you told him that you were staying a bartender for the tips."

"He might have yelled at me." Mani said smiling.

Elena looked back down at her laptop smiling. That nagging thought consumed her again. It was either now or never, or at least that's what it felt like.

"So does my brother like have a thing for you or something?" Elena asked looking up at Mani.

"Why would you ask that?" Mani asked her with a raised eyebrow.

"Come on Mani. You're not stupid, far from it actually. Jer doesn't go for stupid girls … It's just the way he treats you. I've never seen him with a girl like that for as long as I can remember. There was Vickie, Brenda, Kelly, Anna, Bonnie and now it seems like you."

"I don't know. Jer and I … it could never happen." Mani said leaning back into the chair.

"Do you want it to?"

Mani sighed and Elena watched her as she looked as though she was looking for what words to use when she spoke.

"Once upon a time, a guy who treated me like Jer would have been amazing. But you know Jeremy just like I do. I had one horrible boyfriend and now I'm cautious. Jer's amazing but he can't be trusted to not to cheat on a girl."

Elena had to concede to that point in Mani's statement. If there was one thing Jer could win an award for, it would be infidelity. He had cheated on every girl except Vickie who had cheated on him.

"For what it's worth, I don't think Jer would cheat on you. You're different to him. I mean, he practically treats you better than Kat and me. He full on cursed me out when I missed work that one week. Has he ever even cursed at you?"

"Once," Mani said smiling like she was travelling down memory lane, "We got into this huge argument. It was the only argument we've ever had. He was so mad. His face was red and kept getting darker every time he shouted at me. He called me the most selfish fucking person in the world. Looking back on it I laugh because it was just unnecessary. He apologized a couple days later when we made up."

"Jer still hasn't apologized to me and I don't think he ever will." Elena told Mani with a smirk.

"He'll come around." Mani encouraged but Elena knew that argument was long forgotten by Jeremy.

"So I can't help but notice Mia's name, it's unique. Where'd you get it from?" Elena asked trying to be sneaky.

"My dad." Mani revealed.

Elena looked right at Mani's face. She looked happy and sad all at once, it was weird.

"Tell me about him." Elena encouraged.

"He reminds me of your brother a little, always looking out for me. My mom was selfish human being who left our family for another man," Mani began and Elena could get where she coming from with selfish mothers, "Anyway, my mom left when I was like eight. About two years later, nine-eleven happened. My dad was a Sergeant Major in the army and he got sent over to Iraq. He died a year later. His name was Jeremiah. Jeremia's name is Hebrew; I did it in honor of him."

Elena was stunned. She thought Mani would say it was because of Jeremy which she was still on the fence about.

"It also helped that Jeremy's name was similar. He was there for me when I was pregnant, more than anyone could have been." Mani said to Elena.

There it was, Jeremy. Everything always came back to the other with those two.

"That's nice Mani. I like that you honored your Dad. I might name my first son after my granddad; I mean I love my dad. My Pops was just special to me, you know."

"Yea, so was mine." Mani said with a wistful expression.

"So would you date my brother?" Elena asked changing the subject back after a couple moments of silence.

"He's with Bonnie." Mani said deflecting.

"That's not really answer Mani. You can tell me. I mean, Bonnie and I are repairing our friendship but as a rule we don't talk about Jer unless it's important or funny. This is neither." Elena said trying to get the information she needed.

Mani laughed at Elena. The girl was persistent, she wouldn't let it go.

"Jer and I have our own issues Lena. Everything isn't black and white. You should know that. I mean, didn't Damon take Isobel out in the middle of the summer?"

"You're deflecting and I may I say, it was a great deflect … and yea, he did. We had issues because of it. I get it; I just don't want to see someone like you get hurt by my douchebag brother." Elena said.

Mani smiled at the young girl.

"Jer is a sweetheart to me and you don't have to worry. I'm smart enough not to go there with him."

Elena nodded her head going back to her Mac. Mani was right, she was smart, but Jeremy was smarter when it came to the matter of getting hearts. Mani was like a bright star, she didn't need someone diminishing her. But hey, people have their own faults and Jeremy was loved. Elena loved her brother and she hoped that if Mani did dumb down and go there with him, he wouldn't be a dumbass and fuck everything up. Elena could only hope!

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