Damon

Elena has called him earlier telling him she'd be back at the Boarding house by six. He wasn't particularly curious but he assumed her and Barbie would have stayed over at her place to spend the night and have naked pillow fight or whatever girls did at sleepovers. He sat in the den, nursing a glass of bourbon when he heard someone enter. He knew in a heartbeat it wasn't Elena, even though they were identical he could tell every difference between her and Katherine.

"God, what do you want?" He groaned as she sat next to him.

"To declare my undying love for you obviously." she deadpanned. He rolled his eyes.

"How nice. Now on to the real reason if you may."

"The usual, twisted plan, ulterior motives and all that jazz." He resisted the temptation to snap her neck and set about pouring himself another drink.

They sat in silence, it wasn't tense but nor was it comfortable. It dragged on, filling his ears with the sound of nothing. No breathing. No heartbeat. He almost breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the door open but to his dismay it was Caroline, who shot Katherine a dirty look before sitting on the sofa, as far away from her as possible. The blond had definitely grown on him recently. Not that he'd admit it. Clearly Blondie hadn't gotten over the fact that Katherine had killed her therefore condemning her to a life of eternal damnation. Or whatever.

It wasn't until Elena walked in that he relaxed. He hadn't been worried about her safety or who she was with, he just felt more at ease when she was around. He glanced at her and smirked. He knew that look completely melted her. She took a seat beside him before capturing his lips softly.

"Hey." He smiled at her soft whisper before placing his lips back to hers and pulling him into his lap, at that moment not caring about the other people in the room. She pulled away slightly.

"Hey!" His 'Hey' was a lot different to hers. In his eyes, any moment not kissing her was a moment wasted. She prodded him in the ribs.

"Shut up and listen." Then she kissed him to keep him satisfied.

"Knew you couldn't resist-" he was cut off by Elena looping her arms around him and pressing a finger to his lips.

"If you two are done with the cuteness and making us feel alone, can we get back to why I'm here?" Barbie mumbled in agreement.

"Well I don't particularly care so-" he dragged the sentence out until Elena punched him. He sat back, content with holding her in him arms, with his chin resting on the top of her head.

"I know how to kill Klaus. In theory." The silence radiating through the room was so similar but so unlike the silence before. That had been brought about by unwillingness and lingering resentment. This was brought about by pure shock.

"Well obviously you only know in theory, it's not like you could have personally killed him them come back to let us know it worked." Caroline was acting rather snarky today. He smirked at her comment and at Katherine's growl.

"Will you-" she pointed to Barbie "- and you-" she pointed at him "-shut the hell up."

"Won't work, have you tried making him shut up and keep quiet, let alone Caroline? You have to either kiss them or bribe them with shoes."

He couldn't work out if that was an insult or an attempt to stick up for him so he settled for kissing her gently, yet still full of passion.

"Told you it works."

He chuckled at the glare Katherine shot the three of them.

"Do you want to know or not?" The three sat in silence. "Where's Stefan anyway? And Tyler? And the witch, and the two human guys? Matt and Jeremy."

"Yes. Don't care. Ask Caroline. Being a bitch. Sulking upstairs. At his house." Caroline and Elena erupted into fits of laughter. He was confused. "Aren't you gonna stick up for Sabrina?" The smiles left their faces immediately.

"No." Caroline said shortly and the same time Elena said scoffed.

"Are you three incapable of taking anything seriously when you're together?" Katherine scowled as he exchanged looks with them both before they all started laughing.

'Pretty much. But we'll humour you." Caroline spoke first. Again he was surprised how well the three of them got on.

"Yep." he spoke next, popping the 'p' "Blondie can you grab Matt and call Tyler?" She nodded.

"Looks like I'm getting Jer and judgy?" He prodded her in the ribs.

"Yeah, I'll grab my baby bro and then Katherine can enlighten us to our master plan." He watched as Katherine poured her self some Bourbon and downed it quickly.

"I'll need some alcohol if I need to deal with you three any time soon." He smirked at Elena and kissed her cheek but of course she was having none of that and turned her head to kiss him properly.

"I was trying to be a gentleman!" She snorted.

"Tough. Make your calls and get everyone here in half an hour."

A/U: Okay, I understand the last couple of chapters have been short with no plot at all. I have had a definite lack on inspiration but I didn't want to leave you guys without anything to read.

I've fallen back on pretty much fluff and friendships blahblahblah.

WHat d'ya think?

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-E xo