"I hate everything in my closet. I have nothing to wear to Homecoming." Elena said, looking through her closet.
"So, don't go. Let's stay home order takeout and over analyze ancient hieroglyphic thingies with Alaric." Bonnie said, looking through pictures with Shiloh.
"We have to go. Caroline will kill us." Bonnie said.
"You know, since she was turned, I kinda think that's how I'm gonna die one day. Refusing to go to a dance or something." Shiloh said idly, pushing around pictures.
"She does seem a bit scary sometimes." Lexi commented.
"Are you coming to homecoming?" Shiloh asked.
"Nah, I'm a bit old for that." Lexi said.
"You aren't planing another disappearing act, are you?" Shiloh asked.
"Well, Damon let Stefan out, and as much as I wanna stay to help him... I think I should keep moving for a while. I'm just not ready to stay here and deal with all of this." Lexi sighed.
"Just... don't leave without saying goodbye this time." Shiloh said.
"I won't ." Lexi smiled.
"So is Jeremy upset that he has to wear a tie?" Elena asked, changing the subject.
"No!" Jeremy called from his room. Bonnie giggled while Elena went to the door to yell back.
"Stop listening to us!" Elena called.
"Stop talking so loud!" Jeremy called back.
"Wear your headphones!" Elena exclaimed.
"Would both of you keep it down! I can't hear my own thoughts!" Jenna yelled from downstairs.
"Sorry, Aunt Jenna." Elena and Jeremy called back. Elena closed her door, going back to her closet.
"Shiloh, you still have to find something to wear too." Bonnie reminded.
"Rebekah's lending me something." Shiloh said.
"Rebekah? As in Mikealson?" Elena asked surprised.
"Yeah, she's actually a pretty nice person. And she knows what it's like to lose a boyfriend due to someone else's interference." Shiloh said, leaving the room.
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"Well, what do you think?" Shiloh said, walking back into Stefan's room. She spun around on the spot to give Rebekah a view of the entire dress.
"Perfect. Now get over here and help me find a pair of shoes to match my dress." Rebekah demanded. Shiloh obeyed, sorting through the shoes scattered on the floor. Rebekah snatched up a pair and pulled them on.
"Cute." Shiloh complimented. Rebekah grinned in response, looking in the mirror and fixing her hair.
"Getting a headstart, huh?" Both girls turned to face the new member of the room. Elena.
"Embarrassing truth? This is my first high school dance." Rebekah said.
"Ever?" Elena asked.
"I never really had time for high school before. Nik and I were always moving around, running. Anyway- I didn't want to leave anything to chance. Have you heard anymore from him?" Rebekah asked.
"Anymore?" Shiloh asked. "Klaus is back?"
"Not yet. But I'm sure that when he does return he'll do it with flair." Elena said.
"Whoa, whoa. We want him here?" Shiloh asked.
"Damon didn't tell you?" Elena asked.
"Tell me what, exactly?" Shiloh asked.
"This isn't going to end well." Elena sighed.
"Damn right it's not going to end well!" Shiloh exclaimed.
"I'm sorry, he said he'd tell you. I don't know why he didn't." Elena said honestly.
"Because there's something wrong with it that he doesn't want me to know about till it's over." Shiloh said.
"It's fine, everything will go smoothly, we have Mikeal's help." Rebekah said.
"Mikeal? He's here?" Shiloh asked. "What exactly is your plan?"
"We're going to kill Klaus." Elena said.
"Right there, that's the problem." Shiloh said.
"What's the problem, you said he was a monster." Rebekah said.
"And you said he wasn't. What happened to that?" Shiloh asked.
"That was before I found out he killed my mother." Rebekah said.
"Right, well I'm going to figure out what exactly Damon doesn't want me to know and stop you all from pissing off an original hybrid that could kill us all in five minutes." Shiloh said, leaving the room to go downstairs. "Damon!" Shiloh called angrily.
"Oh, she's using her 'grr' voice. What'd I do this time?" Damon asked.
"You made a plan to kill super vamp and didn't tell me!" Shiloh said. "Could've at least informed me that Mikeal was in town, or that Klaus was gonna be here!"
"Why, so you could run off to save your little boyfriend?" Damon asked.
"Seriously? It was kinda cute at first, Damon, but you honestly think I'd do that? Save Klaus just because he's hot and his sister said he liked me?" Shiloh said.
"Wait, you think he's hot?" Damon asked.
"So not the point right now." Shiloh said, letting out a sigh. "Look, is there anything else about this idiotic plan I should know about?"
"Uh... Well, there is one minor detail you should probably know about." Damon said.
"And that minor detail is...?" Shiloh asked.
"It's done." Elena said, entering the room.
"What's done?" Shiloh asked.
"Well, that's the, uh, detail." Damon said, walking past the girls and back upstairs to Stefan's room.
"Oh my god." Shiloh said.
"We had too." Elena said.
"You had to stab Rebekah in the back. Literally." Shiloh said.
"It had to be done. Rebekah was never gonna be completely on our side." Elena said while Damon covered the body with a sheet from Stefan's bed.
"Very Katherine of you." Shiloh said.
"Stefan's right. Someone's gonna let their humanity get in the way and screw this whole thing up. It's probably gonna be me." Elena said.
"Elena, you just daggered somebody. You will be fine." Damon assured her.
"Yeah, but I feel bad about it. I care too much, that's the problem, Damon. I'm the weak link." Elena said.
"You really think Stefan's gonna wnt to turn his emotions back on if you turn yours off? Trust me, you don't care to much." Shiloh said. She turned on her heel and marched out of Stefan's room. Shiloh marched down the stairs, pulling out her cell phone and dialing Caroline's number.
"Hello?" Caroline answered.
"Hey, Care. It's me." Shiloh replied.
"Shiloh, what's up? I was about to call you. The gym flooded." Caroline said.
"Guess homecoming is off." Shiloh said.
"You wish! No, Tyler is moving the party to his house." Caroline said.
"Yay, Tyler to the rescue." Shiloh mumbled sarcastically.
"Just say you're still coming?!" Caroline demanded.
"Fine, fine. I'll be there." Shiloh said.
"Great!" Caroline cheered.
"But, Care, I called for a reason." Shiloh reminded the other girl.
"Oh, right, I'm all ears." Caroline said.
"Did you know anything about-" A knock on the door interrupted Shiloh's sentence. "Hold on a sec, Care." She said, opening the door to reveal Matt. "Matt?"
"Uh, hey. Is Elena here?" Matt asked awkwardly.
"Matt... Hey." Elena said, walking down the stairs to join them.
"Hey." Matt replied.
"Umm- slight problem with your Homecoming date." Elena said.
"What happened?" Matt asked.
"How would you feel about a backup date?" Elena asked.
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"How did he plan a better party than me so fast? What? Is that a band outside!?" Caroline exclaimed. The Lockwood house was differently well prepared for the homecoming party, much to Caroline's surprise.
"Who are all these people?" Bonnie asked.
"Somethings wrong about this." Shiloh said. As if on que, the crowd erupted in cheers as Klaus arrived, entering the stage.
"Good evening everyone! I wanna thank you for being here with me to celebrate! It's been a long time coming!" Klaus said.
"Elena." Caroline said, nodding towards her and Matt.
"I'm gonna text Lexi, she'll wanna be here for this." Shiloh said, pulling out her phone.
"Are you sure you want her here for this?" Bonnie asked.
"She's the oldest vampire we know, therefore the strongest." Shiloh said.
"Yeah, you have a point. Go call her, I'll go find Caroline, Matt, and Elena." Bonnie said.
"Okay, I'm gonna find somewhere more quiet." Shiloh said.
"Be careful." Bonnie said, disappearing into the crowed. Shiloh walked down the stairs and came face to face with Elena.
"Shiloh." Elena said.
"Bonnie's looking for you." Shiloh said coldly, then pushed past the other girl.
"Hey? What's up with you?" Elena asked concerned.
"Really? Cut the act, it's pathetic." Shiloh said.
"How'd you know it was me?"
"Katherine? Great, just what I needed." Shiloh said.
"I'm confused." Katherine stated.
"Huh, usually I'd come up with an insult but you don't really get confused to often. So I think I'm gonna be proud of myself instead." Shiloh decided.
"Wait a minute, you were just pissed. What happened?" Katherine asked.
"Mood swings, they can still be pretty bad if I don't watch it. Plus I'd rather be talking to you then Elena right now." Shiloh said.
"Something wrong with the perfect little Elena?" Katherine asked.
"And the not so perfect exboyfriend of mine." Shiloh said.
"Ah, now I get it." Katherine replied.
"Shh, Klaus." Shiloh said, nodding her head towards Stefan and Klaus. Stefan left Klaus who then joined Tyler.
"My mom would seriously freak if she saw all these people here." Tyler said.
"Your mother won't be a problem: I compelled her to go to church and pray for your friends." Klaus said.
"What are you talking about?" Tyler asked.
"I want you to look around. There is Bonnie, there is Elena and Matt and there's your pretty little girlfriend Caroline. Epic dance was wrecked tonight and who came through with the party? You did. What a pal. But who are all these other people here?" Klaus said.
"I have no idea. I've never seen half these people in my life." Tyler said, looking around.
"That's because I' ve invited a few dozen friends of my own. That`s my friend Mindy- picked her up along the way in Kansas. Did you know that there's an entire bloodline of werewolves in the heartland? That's Tony from North Dakota and let's not forget the Seattle contingent." Klaus said.
"Are those people all hybrids?" Tyler asked.
"And they also love a good party. And they're like you were sired by me, they wish to serve their master. So if anyone should so much as make a move against me, they may feel obligated to retaliate. You're free to warn your friends." Klaus said.
"This isn't good for us." Katherine said.
"Probably should've given me a heads up that Klaus would be here." Shiloh said.
"How was I suppose to know he would be here?" Katherine replied.
"Well you knew he was in town! You had to, you're here." Shiloh said.
"Ladies." Klaus greeted. The girls turned to Klaus. "Where are your dates?"
"Getting me a drink." Katherine said. Klaus offered her a drink but she turned him down. "Very well. Shiloh, lovely to see you again. And your date? Where is the annoying Salvator?"
"Not here." Shiloh said.
"Then perhaps you'd care to dance?" Klaus asked lightly.
"Actually, I was just leaving." Shiloh said.
"Nonsense," Klaus said. "You didn't buy such an exquisite dress to leave early. One dance couldn't hurt." Klaus insisted, taking her hand and pulling her to the middle of the room where other couples were dancing.
"Dancing really isn't my thing." Shiloh said.
"Relax, if I wanted to kill you, you'd be dead." Klaus said lightly, twirling her around under his arm and pulling her back to him.
"That's comforting." Shiloh muttered sarcastically.
"You should lighten up a bit. This is a party, love. Enjoy it." Klaus said.
"This isn't the type of party I'm use to." Shiloh said.
"Right, teenagers. I might have something more your style." Klaus said, halting their dance and pulling her by the hand off the make shift dance floor and through the house. "Well?" He asked when they came to a stop.
"Really?" Shiloh asked surprised. "Beer pong?"
"Come on." Klaus said, leading her over to one side as some guy Shiloh didn't know refilled the solo cups and handed Klaus a ping-pong ball. "You first." He handed it to Shiloh.
"Fine, but I have horrible aim." Shiloh said, taking the ping-pong ball and throwing it at the cups. It bounced off a few rims before falling into one of the cups. Shiloh grinned in victory. The game went on for a while, Klaus never missed a shot the entire game. Shiloh managed to get another cup and clapped her hands together, smiling proudly.
"Careful, Shiloh, you almost look like you're having fun." Klaus said.
"You have a visitor." Some guy announced to Klaus, appearing from the crowed.
"Well, tell my visitor I`m on the brink of victory here." Klaus said, smirking at Shiloh.
"He said his name is Mikael." The guy said. Shiloh's jaw dropped. They planned it in the middle of a crowded party with kids from the high school around!
"Then we mustn`t keep him waiting. Move everyone out back. I`m gonna have a little chat with my dad. Tony, you know what to do." Klaus said.
"Klaus, what's going on?" Shiloh asked, catching his arm as he walked.
"Sorry, love. I've got busy to attend to. But I'm sure if you don't know what this is about, your friends will fill you in." Klaus said.
"Mikeal is your dad, right?" Shiloh said.
"So you do know somethings. Were you aware of the plot to kill me?" Klaus asked.
"If I was, would I still be breathing?" Shiloh asked.
"Perhaps." Klaus said.
"You shouldn't keep him waiting." Shiloh said.
"Yes. We'll have to continue this conversation later, then." Klaus said, leaving Shiloh behind.
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Shiloh rolled over in her bed, rolling straight into another body. "Damon?" Shiloh asked groggily.
"Yeah?" Damon asked in return.
"What the hell are you doing here?" Shiloh asked, rolling onto her back and twisting sideways to see the clock on her night stand.
"The plan failed. Klaus is alive." Damon said.
"Figured. What happened?" Shiloh asked.
"Stefan saved Klaus." Damon said.
"Didn't see that coming." Shiloh said.
"I don't think anyone did." Damon said. "I just don't get why he did it. He wanted Klaus dead more then anyone."
"Maybe he knows something we don't." Shiloh said.
Maybe... You think we can still get him back?" Damon asked.
"Lexi can. I know she can, she's done it before. Just let her do what she needs too." Shiloh mumbled tiredly.
"I guess." Damon said.
"Everything is gonna work out, Damon. You'll see." Shiloh yawned.
"Yeah, I'm sure it will." Damon replied, turning to look at the blonde vampire next to him. She had let her eyes fall shut again. "Shiloh?" Damon asked quietly.
"Hmm?" Shiloh replied.
"Thanks." Damon said.
"For what?" Shiloh mumbled.
"For everything. I really don't deserve you." Damon replied. Shiloh didn't answer, her breathing had slowed down and she lay still in her bed. Damon watched the sleeping girl, feelings of regret and longing passing through his eyes. Leaning in slowly, he placed a gentle kiss on Shiloh's forehead before disappearing out the window and into the night.