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"Bon?" Elena whispers narrowing her eyes to see me.
"Yeah. I couldn't sleep." I explain quietly closing the door. She sits up in the bed and reaches for her phone.
"3am. Nice." She jokes with a smile. She pats the bed motioning for me to come sit.I walk over to her bed as quietly as possible and sit by her feet.
We sit in silence for a moment and I almost think she may have drifted back to sleep when she says "Do you think the Mikealsons have a waffle maker?"
I give her a questioning look and then it hits me. When we used to have sleepovers we would often make waffles late at night, seeing who could pile more sweets on top of their waffle.
"Your mission, if you chose to accept it, is to attempt to make waffles without waking up one of the Mikealsons." I say with a smile.
She smiles in return and we both get off the bed, walking over to the door. I open it slowly, sticking my head out first to make sure there is no one in the hall.
I turn back to her and wave for her to follow me. I walk with my back against the wall, holding two fingers together pointed like a gun. Elena giggles, and then throws a hand over her mouth. I bite my lip to keep from losing my composure.
"Clear." I whisper after looking around the corner. I quickly walk around the corner, and then motion with my hands for Elena to follow me down the stairs.
She nods silently before we both run as quickly and quietly as possible down the stairs, in a unspoken race to see who makes it first.
Last minute Elena Vamp speeds past me, before taking a seat on a chair by the kitchen table. I roll my eyes but my smile doesn't falter as I take the seat next to her.
"Step One of Mission Mikealson is complete." She says. We both laugh, and then at the same time realize how loud we're being and stop instead sharing a smile.
I get up and begin to look around in the cabinets. I spot a waffle maker that looks older than me on the very top shelf. I reach up for it standing on my toes, and I manage to grab it and pull it forward, causing it to fall directly into my hands. I hold it up like a prize to Elena who is already getting the cooking supplies ready.
An hour later later we have about 20 waffles stacked on top of each other on a single plate. We sit at the table decorating our own waffles in varies treats from whipped cream to gummy bears. It's surprising that the Mikealsons have this much food laying around.
"More syrup." Elena demands, to which I hand her the bottle of fresh maple syrup. She begins to pour it all over her waffle and then stops, suddenly not moving a muscle. She turns her head towards the stair case, and I already know this is the universal vampire sign for " I hear something with my amazing hearing, we should probably hide"
Before I get a chance to make a move, Rebekah comes down the stairs looking in the mood to kill something. Or someone.
"What is wrong with you two! It is Four in the morning and you bloody idiots are down here doing what?" She yells walking over to the table, hands on hips.
Elena looks over to me and mouths 'She's so Scary', causing me to almost laugh.
"We're making waffles. Would you like one?" Elena then says, with a fake smile as she turns to the blonde original. Rebekah scoffs as if the waffles are below her.
"I swear, I don't know what my brothers see in you two." she mutters, before taking a seat on the couch and picking up her phone from the table. She begins to text someone, who at 4 in the morning I don't know. Elena shrugs and we begin to continue making our waffles. By the time we finish decorating and eating, Rebekah is sleeping on the couch and a bit of sunlight is beginning to seep through the blinds.
I take another waffle from the center plate and put it on my own, but instead of lacing it with everything in sight I just put syrup. Elena is making coffee for the two of us, but seems to be not doing a very good job. Usually Caroline makes the coffee.
"Taste." Elena demands, placing a cup infront of me. I take a sip and almost spit it back out. She takes a look at my expression and grabs the cup, dumping the coffee out in the sink and beginning the process again.
"So, what's up with you and Elijah?" I ask my voice low, just in case anybody is listening.
Elena seems caught off guard by the question, and shrugs. I catch the slight smile and blush forming on her face as she places a new filter in the coffee maker.
"Lena!" I say, throwing a gummy bear at her.
"Nothing's going on between us!" She declares.
"Mmmhmm." I say rolling my eyes. She throws a coffee bean at me aimlessly and it bounces off my shoulder.
"So what's up with you and Kol?" She questions, shooting me a devilish smile.
My mouth drops and I say, "Seriously?"
"As serious as you Bonnie." She responds in a mocking british accent.
"Oh My god, I hate you!" I yell playfully.
Rebekah begins to stir on the couch, and groans saying "Are you two still up!"
"Yes." Elena responds casually. I check the clock in the corner of the room and find its only 5:35.
"You do realize I could kick both of you out right now." She claims, getting up from the couch and stretching.
"Yep." I say to which Elena adds, "But you won't"
Rebekah is about to respond, but looks over my shoulder instead saying, "Look who's finally up. Will you tell these two to quiet down! Maybe they'll listen to you.". I turn to find Elijah, in the usual suit and tie attire.
"Good morning." Elijah greets ignoring Rebekah's comment.
"It's not even morning. It is literally still night!" Rebekah yells annoyed. Elijah brushes her off and she rolls her eyes.
I smile in return and Elena says, "Want a waffle?", holding out the plate to Elijah. There are still many waffles left.
"Um..no thank you." Elijah says slowly as if this is the most complicated decision of his life.
"Well, will you at least have coffee? It's the least I owe you for letting us stay here." Elena pleads holding out the coffee pot. Elijah nods, and she smiles grabbing him a cup.
"Don't do it Elijah! From what I've heard her coffee is deadly." Rebekah says leaning against the counter. He once again ignores her and I can't help but feel bad for Rebekah. Her brothers aren't exactly nice to her.
Elijah takes a sip of the coffee, and I burst out laughing at the face he makes obviously trying to conceal how horrible the coffee is. He swallows and places the cup on the table. "I really should be laying off the caffine." He decides.
"I know, it sucks. It's the best I could do!" Elena says defending her horrible coffee.
"Usually Caroline makes the coffee." I explain.
As if he heard her name, Klaus walks into the room.
"Please tell me that this is some terrible nightmare and that im not being awoken in the middle of the night by all this rucus" He says quite irritated as he walks into the room.
Everyone remains silent for a moment before Elijah stands up from his seat "Relax Niklaus, have some cofee" he says handing him the mug. I hold back a laugh adn we all seem to be waiting in anticipation. Klaus rolls his eyes and grabs the mug, taking a sip.
Before I can even laugh he spits the coffee out just at the moment that Mikael walks in, all the coffee spraying on his face.
We all go silent fearing what will come next.
"Niklaus." Mikeal growls.
"Yes?" Klaus asks trying to hide a smile.
"I suggest you get out of my face right now before I kill you therefore killing myself and all your siblings." Mikeal says clenching his fist tight
Kol
"Niklaus, being antisocial as usual?" I greet my brother with a smirk as I practically skip down the stairs.
"I've been banished" he mutters with an eye roll.
"Before noon? Your skills are improving brother" I chuckle.
"Bonnie's in the kitchen" he informs me, most likely eager to be rid of me.
I can't help but laugh at this muttering "have fun" as I pass Nik, heading to the kitchen. A few moments later I enter our kitchen, a room I sparsely go in considering I'm a vampire and whatnot. Sure enough, Bonnie is there as well as Elena, Elijah, Rebekah, and surprisingly father.
They all sit at the table laughing lightly, except for Mikael who leans against the counter glaring at all of them as if Satan sits down at his dinner table. I decide to acknowledge this.
"Morning everyone" I say cheerily, "Good morning father"
"Is Niklaus still alive?"
"Yes"
"Then you lie" Mikael says spitefully with one last glare before marching out of the room.
"And I thought Rebekah was a bad morning person" I say sarcastically.
"Shut up!" Rebekah throws a knife at me which I easily catch, tossing it aside.
"Manners sister, we have guest" I remind her, winking in Bonnie's direction.
"It's too early for your bad jokes Kol" Bonnie decides.
I chuckle at this before vampire speeding over to the table and taking the seat next to Bonnie, pushing Rebekah out of her chair in the process. "What would you like to do then Bonnie" I say shooting her a flirtatious smile.
"Eat my breakfast in peace" she replies, not budging as she gets up to get another waffle.
I'm so focused on watching her I don't notice the attack until it's too late. Rebekah slams into me, pushing me half way across the room. "That's my seat" she says firmly sitting back down.
I can tell by the look everyone gives me they expect me to have an outburst and start some huge fight with Rebekah, but I don't. I'm in far too good of a mood this morning to spoil it with stupid sibling banter.
"If you're that possessive of your boyfriends its no wonder you scare them all off" I reply simply standing up and brushing off my clothes.
"You-" Rebekah starts but is cut off by Elijah who says, "Enough Rebekah"
"He started it!" she argues.
"You two must stop acting so childish" he replies simply.
"Oh please, I'm not childish. That was just a stage, I've matured so much since then" I counter.
"I highly doubt you matured into a sane adult overnight" Rebekah argues but goes back to eating her breakfast in silence.
"Right, and who is the chef this morning?" I ask grabbing a plate and slipping a waffle on it from the large platter full on the kitchen counter.
"Elena and Bonnie" Elijah answers.
"Really?" I say taking a seat next to Elena and Rebekah, "There wouldn't happen to be any vervain in them, would there"
"Only yours" Bonnie replies with a fake, teasing smile.
"So I'm special" I say holding a hand over my heart "Bonnie, Im touched"
Bonnie replies simply with an eye roll and we all eat in silence. Elena announces she's going to call Caroline, who apparently hasn't responded to any form of digital communication. Soon after this Rebekah and Elijah divulge in a conversation about Enzo, but I don't pay them any mind. Someone else has caught my attention.
Caroline
"Morning Sunshine."
I open my eyes to see Damon standing above me, holding a plate of pancakes in one hand and a coffee mug in the other. I notice now that I lay in his bed, still dressed in the clothes I had on yesterday. I must have fallen asleep after talking to Elena.
"Damon, what are you doing?" I yell annoyed to be woken up.
"Being the amazing person that I am, I made you breakfast." He says with his usual smirk, placing the plate down on the bedside table and handing me the mug.
I accept the mug and take a long sip. The coffee tastes amazing, of course. Damon looks at me expectantly and I roll my eyes before saying, "Thank you so much Damon, I don't know what I would do without you."
"You're welcome. Now I'll give you five minutes then I want you out of my room!" He says, jokingly pointing an accusing finger at me. I smile in response and he leaves, closing the door behind him.
I look around and find my phone on the bed beside me. I grab it and see that it's 11:00 am. A bunch of texts and missed calls from various people including Elena and Bonnie fill the screen. I groan and sit up, beginning to pull my hair into a pony tail.
I click on Elena's name and press call.
"Hello? Care? What's wrong? Are you alright? Where have you been?" I hear Elena quickly ask.
I faintly hear somebody in the background that sounds suspiciously like Kol mummer, "Dramatic much?" and then someone who is obviously Bonnie yell, "Shut up Kol!"
"I'm fine. I just overslept." I explain. I know this must seem unusual to them considering I'm usually up at the crack of dawn.
"Oh. Did Damon keep you up last night?"
"What no, why would Damon keep me up? I didn't even see him. We were on like opposite sides of the house!" I say just a bit too quickly.
There is complete silence on the other end and after a minute Elena says, "I was joking, Care."
"Oh yeah..So was I." I say, mentally kicking myself. I hear Kol's laughter and Bonnie whispering for him to stop it.
"Um..Okay so, want to meet up later. Bonnie and I were thinking we could all go to that football game at the school." She suggests.
I am relieved the topic of Damon is gone and let myself relax.
"That sounds perfect! I'll come over there in an hour to pick you guys up!" With that I hang up. It's only now that I realize my car is still at Bonnie's house.
Klaus
As I swipe a paint brush swiftly against my easel, I can't help but listen to the conversations happening downstairs. Mostly the one Elena is having with Caroline over the phone.
As Elena hangs up, I know for a fact that Caroline is hiding something. I can tell by the change in her voice, the stuttering, the way she became suddenly enthusiastic at the change of subject. Something went on last night and I intend to find out what.
We may be taking a break from our relationship, but that doesn't mean I'm taking a break on my job of taking care of her.
There is a slight knock at my door and I put down my brush going to open it. Im suprised to find Elena at the other end.
"Elena. Anything I could do for you?" I question, not even waiting for a response before heading back to my painting. She walks into the room and I glance back to find her looking around at all my drawings, sketches, and paintings.
"Did you do all of this?" She asks, not really answering my question. But of course my pride kicks in and I turn to her with a smile.
"Yes. Over the years, you begin to pick up a thing or two." I explain. She nods in response, staring at a certain picture in awe.
"This is beautiful." She says gently running a finger over it.
It's one of the paintings I never really focused much on. I had drawn it during a time of frustration. It was a tree, sketched to resemble the White Oak tree. Within it were branches leading out to quickly drawn images of each of my siblings. At the bottom of the tree was a fallen branch. One with no name no image. Just broken.
"Thank you." I respond. I feel myself getting angry staring at the picture. "Is there any particular reason you're here?" I question.
She turns to me and appears to realize my sudden annoyance.
"Um.. Yeah. I wanted to talk to you. About Caroline." She explains, interlocking her fingers as if to restrain herself from touching anything else.
"Caroline? Forbes?" I question although I know this is exactly who she means. I can't help but wonder if Caroline told Elena. Maybe she's finally tired of hiding me away.
"The one and only." Elena responds.
"Okay. Why do you need to speak to me about her?" I ask, a secret part of me hoping I already know the answer, that Caroline isn't afraid of our relationship anymore.
"You know, I'm just going to get straight to the point. I think that you need to stay away from her." She explains taking a seat on a stool.
"Excuse me?" I question in shock. I clench my fist tightly, angered that she would dare say this. I then recall Mikael doing this earlier and put my hands in my pockets instead.
"After the whole...incident, I just feel it's best that you let Caroline be. Stop the flirting and 've seen how everyone at school has been treating her, and you're not making it any better. She's my friend, and I think that you're bad for her." She decides.
"And who are you to tell me to stay away from her?" I ask walking past her and picking up my brush again, afraid that if I don't take out my frustration on the paper that I may take it out on her.
"Klaus, Im not forbidding you from seeing her, that's not my place. I'm just suggesting that you stop messing with her. It's obvious that you care about Caroline, and if you honestly want what's best for her, then you should leave her alone. It may not always look like it, but Caroline is a strong person and after things like this she doesn't want to be helped like some damsel in distress. She needs to feel herself gaining control again, pick up the pieces by herself." she explains. I listen to each and every word she says and find that I can't disagree. I try hard to come up with some reason that she's wrong but can't seem to.
"Youre right." I reply putting the brush down once again.
"I am?" Elena says shocked. I smile at this because she reminds me of Caroline for a second, always going through with a plan confidently, yet always surprised when it works out.
"Yes. You may not believe it but I want what's best for Caroline too. Thank you Elena. I'm beginning to understand why Elijah fancies you so much, you're a good person." I say glad Caroline has others watching out for her. She smiles back brightly, and then picks up a paint brush.
"How long do you think it would take for you to teach me how to do that?" She asks with a smile, pointing at one of my simpler paintings with the brush.
"I would say a year or two at the most." I say returning her smile.
"I have time." Elena responds.
I can't help but laugh, before saying "Shall we then."
Elena giggles and says, "We shall. Lead the way Picasso."
JEREMY
"Morning Jeremy" Caroline greets as she takes a seat across from me at the Salvatore dining table. I nod politely in response far too focused on beating level 24 to have small talk.
"What are you eating?" She asks curiously.
"Breakfast" I reply simply
"Is that Ice cream?"
"And cookies" I point out.
"Jer! You can't eat that stuff for breakfast!" She scolds me.
"You don't understand Care" I say shaking my head, "You have to try these cookies. It's like heaven"
I grab a cookie off the platter where our supply is slowly dwindling and hand it to Caroline. She looks down at the cookie suspiciously and I roll my eyes.
"They're chocolate chip, and there's no vervain in them if that's what your wondering" I say.
She rolls her eyes before taking a bite of the cookie. I can instantly tell by the look on her face that I'm not the only one who appreciates the pure holiness of these cookies.
"Oh my god, these are amazing"
"Right! Damon made them, who knew he could bake?" I say shaking my head in disbelief as I grab another
Caroline rolls her eyes at this muttering," of course Damon made them" but she quickly grabs another.
We eat in silence a few moments longer until someone who could only be Damon shouts, "JEREMY GILBERT"
I look up nervously at the sound of my name. Caroline shoots me a sympathetic look knowing that i'm obviously in big trouble
"I thought Elena was bad, but it turns out Satan was under my nose the whole time, hiding behind his video games!" Damon shouts as he marches into the room dripping wet in a towel.
I already know what this is about but I still ask, "What's wrong Damon?"
"What's wrong! What's wrong is that because you take it upon yourself to take 2 hours in the shower doing god knows what it is now the polar express in my shower!"
"Isn't that a train?" I ask confused grabbing another cookie. Damon grabs the cookie out of my hand, crushing it into crumbs, and throws it in my face
"Hey!" I complain "If your mad take it out on me, not the cookies!"
"Oh trust me I intend to! From now on you are banned from showering in this house" he decides
"Seriously?" I ask rolling my eyes
"Yes, seriously" he says in a mocking tone, "What do you even do in there?"
"Jee Damon I don't know? What does one do in the shower?" I reply with an eye roll
"I bet you play video games in there, let me see your phone I bet the case is water proof!" He argues attempting to grab my phone which I pull away quickly
"I don't play games in there" I lie "it's just the only place I get some peace and quiet"
"Build a tree house!" He says before slapping my head and walking back upstairs.
I look to Caroline who remained completely silent during this whole exchange and say, "Are you going to eat that?"
Damon
"Hey Damon."
I look up from my phone, to see Caroline smiling back at me. She wears a nice sundress, and wedges. I'm about to point out that it's not exactly warm outside but think otherwise.
"Hey, where you going?" I question. Her smile drops for a minute, but she quickly regains her composure.
"That's what I need to talk to you about. You see, I'm picking up Bonnie and Elena-"
"Poor you." I say cutting her off at the mention of Elena's name. She rolls her eyes and continues
"Well, I was wondering if I could borrow your car." She says with a hopeful look on her face.
I put down the notebook and give her an 'are you serious' look.
"I would sooner give you my soul, than let you borrow my car." I reply. Her shoulders sag in disappointment and I prepare myself for what's about to come.
"Damon! Please! Come on! I promise I wont even scratch it. I'll even refill the tank! You can trust me!" She says, walking until she's right infront of me.
"No, no, and oh yeah, no!" I say, picking the notebook back up. I continue to scribble all over Jeremy's notes, writing Elena's name out and then scribbling over it until it's invisible.
"But Damon!" She whines, drawing out my name. She gives me puppy dog eyes, and I sigh.
"Fine." I say.
"Really?" She questions, seemingly surprised that I gave in so quickly.
"Yeah, here." I respond pulling the keys out of my pocket. She smiles brightly and reaches for them, but I pull my hand away just in time. "Do you really want my car?" I question raising an eyebrow.
"Yes!" She says aannoyed.
"Okay. You can have it for the whole day under one condition." I decide. Under any other circumstance I would give up my car for nothing, but the tiny piece of guilt about what I did to Caroline lingers causing me to give in.
"What?" She questions suspiciously.
"You have to do whatever I say for the next week, no matter how drastic." I say. She seems to think this over looking from me to the keys in my hand.
"Fine! But let me tell you in advanced that I refuse to kill anyone for you!"
"The thought never even crossed my mind." I respond before throwing the keys at her. She catches them with ease, and squeals happily.
"Thanks! You're the best!" She says cheerfully before vampire speeding towards the door as if not wanting to risk me changing my mind.
When I hear the sound of the car pulling out I can't help but wonder what I just did.
REBEKAH
"Nik!" I yell for the fifth time. Finally he comes down the stairs, Elena following.
"What happened to you?" I question examining her. She has splotches of paint all over her shirt and face.
"I was teaching Elena here how to paint." Nik explains before adding, "What do you want anyway?"
"Someone's at the door." I say as if its obvious.
"And you couldn't answer it yourself?" He fires back.
"Do I look like a maid." I respond crossing my arms over my chest.
He rolls his eyes and heads for the door as Elena sits down on the couch next to me. "Where's Bonnie?" She questions.
"With Kol. Where else would she be?" I inquire with a smile. Elena seems like she's going to respond, or defend her friend, but then thinks against it.
Klaus opens the door and I turn out of curiosity to see who it is and find its Caroline. Great. Another person I can't stand.
"Klaus." Caroline says surprised. I'm tempted to point out that it is his house.
"Hello Luv." He says with a smirk. I roll my eyes, and get up not wanting to watch anymore of this.
I head upstairs and as I pass Kol's room I see him and Bonnie arguing. Shocker. From my room right by Kol's I can practically hear everything without even needing Vampire hearing.
"I said I'm sorry! What else do you want?" Bonnie yells.
"Oh, you said sorry! Who knew the word was in your vocabulary!" Kol sarcastically fires back.
"It was an accident!" Bonnie says lowering her voice. I decide now is a good time to interrupt.
I walk into the room and ask, "What's going on?"
"Bonnie broke my computer!" Kol yells pointing to his laptop that is on the floor broken into multiple pieces.
"He tried to kiss me!" Bonnie responds, as if this explains it all.
"Oh please, like you weren't just waiting for an excuse to dump Jeremy." He says with an eyeroll.
"Well, I suggest you both get over it. Caroline is here which I assume means you should be leaving for the football game." I say, not staying a minute more. I head into my room figuring its better not to partake in any of the drama today. I have enough of that on my own.
Katherine
"Hello?" Damon answers, sounding like I'm interrupting something important.
"Hey grumpy what's up?" I respond looking into my mirror. I lean the phone against my shoulder while I strap a necklace around my neck.
"Katherine. Oh um nothing really." Damon says as if suprised that it's me.
"Don't you have caller ID?" I ask.
"I did, but somewhere along the line I got rid of your number. I mean if Elena saw Katherine Pierce flashing on my screen it would only cause problems." He explains.
"Didn't you break up with her like last week." I question.
"Yeah, I just haven't gotten around to fixing it." He responds.
"Or maybe you don't want to bother because you still have hope of getting back with the she devil." I say smiling at my reflection. I sit down on my bed, trying to figure out whether or not I should bother with what I called him for.
"Maybe not." Damon says annoyed. I roll my eyes.
"Maybe probably." I reply. Just then my door opens and Lea walks in sighing and plopping herself on my bed.
"Hold on a sec." I say to Damon before putting the phone down on the bed.
"What are you doing, go!" I yell. Lea just takes a pillow and puts it over her face.
"Lea!" I whine, taking the pillow and pointing towards the door.
"Stop it. Im trying to suffocate myself!" She yells back, pulling the pillow away from me and placing it back on her head, holding it down tighter.
I roll my eyes and know I'm going to regret it as I ask, "What happened?"
At this she eagerly jumps up, and begins to pace my room.
"Okay, so there's these two boys in my class right," She starts causing me to groan. I don't understand how a 7 year old can have so many boy problems. "And this one boy Dean he is kind of mean to me sometimes, but I know that he likes me, and he's really cute and funny, but then this other boy Sam is really nice and sweet, and he likes me, and I like both of them and I don't know who to pick and Shelby said I have to pick one because I can't be greedy and have both!" She explains quickly before falling back onto my bed.
"First off, don't ever let me see you trying to suffocate yourself because of a boy. And second, Shelby is stupid you can have 3 boys if you want to!" I explain with an eye roll.
"Really?" Lea questions her eyes wideing with enthusiasm.
"Duh." I say as if this is obvious.
"Thanks Katherine you're the bestest!" She yells, throwing her arms around me. I am tempted to shove her off, but don't. She pulls away and practically skips out of my room.
I pick up the phone and hear Damon's laughter on the other end.
"You hear that Kitty Kat? You're the bestest." He says and I can almost see the smirk on his face.
"Shut up!" I yell. While I do this I grab my purse and walk down the stairs quickly. As I reach the bottom I see Abagail fighting with Colton to put on a sweater.
I put my hand over the phone and turn to Colton yelling, "Listen to your mother."
He rolls his eyes but takes the sweater pulling it on. I can't help but smile.
I put the phone to my ear again saying, "I'm headed over to your house."
TVDTVDTVDTVDTVD
I push the door open to the Salvatore's house and walk in to find Jeremy sitting on the couch playing some game or another on his phone. He doesn't even seem to notice me. I come up behind him and pull the headphones off.
"Hey Jer bear." I say with a smile.
"Oh, um, Hey Kath." He responds, turning around.
"Whatcha doing?" I question taking a seat on the arm of the couch.
"Nothing important." He decides, putting the phone down before adding, "What are you doing here?"
"I came to see Damon, but seeing you isn't bad either." I say placing a hand on his arm which he quickly moves away.
I laugh. I love seeing him squirm.
"Damon's in the kitchen." He quickly stutters.
"Thanks. See you around Jer." I respond with a wink, hopping up and strolling over to the Kitchen. I'm surprised I can even find it considering how little the Salvatore's use it.
"Oh My God, what are you wearing?" I question a hand flying to my mouth to stop from laughing. Damon wears an apron, yes an apron, and has flour smudged all over his face. His eyes widen when he see's me, and he quickly throws it off.
"Shut up." He says rolling his eyes.
"Damon, are you blushing?" I say mockingly with a smile, walking over and wiping off some flour from his cheek with my thumb.
He grabs my hand and vampire speeds pushing me against the wall.
"Mention this to anyone, and you die." He whispers threateningly.
"It's so hard to take you seriously right now." I say biting my lip to stop from giggling.
Damon seems to break and he smiles as I push him away.
"So what are you baking Betty Crocker?" I ask, taking a seat on the counter.
"Cookies." He admits. Just then the oven beeps and he rushes over taking out a tray of chocolate chip cookies.
"Yum. I didn't know you could cook. If I did I never would have broken up with you." I tease, reaching for a cookie. He hits my hand away and places the tray down on the table, taking the cookies off and placing them on a plate.
"If you want a cookie you're going to have to work for it." He decides.
"Oh yeah? What do you want me to do, preheat the oven for the next batch?" I ask with a smile. He rolls his eyes, and bites into a cookie himself.
"Come to the football game with me." Damon demands.
"Since when do you like football." I question narrowing my eyes.
"I don't, but Elena does. Her, Bonnie, and Caroline are going to the football game."
"Another reason not to go." I point out.
"It would be, but I think it will be fun to torture Elena." He fires back, before adding, "Plus, its no fun to torture her without my back up."
"Fine. But I get two cookies for this. You know I can't stand football." I decide.
"Deal." He responds, handing me two cookies. I take them and bite into one.
"Oh My God, these are amazing." I say as I take another bite.
"They're okay." Damon says eating another one.
"You made more cookies."
I turn to see Jeremy phone in hand, eyes wide with excitement.
"Yeah, you want one?" Damon questions. Jeremy nods and walks over about to take a cookie, but Damon grabs the plate and holds it just out of reach.
"Go un-use all the water you wasted and I'll think about giving you one." He says, causing Jeremy to roll your eyes.
"Seriously?" Jeremy whines
"Is that the only word you kids know these days" Damon responds with an eye roll.
"Come on Damon, don't be a jerk" Jeremy pushes
"Fine, get me some hot water and then you can have all the cookies you want" Damon decides
With that Jeremy walks over the cabinet, pulls out a glass, and goes to the faucet letting water run before filling up the glass and handing it to Damon. Damon glares at Jeremy before taking the glass and pouring it over his head.
"And before you ask, no you can't have cookies now" Damon says grabbing the tray of cookies and tossing them in the garbage. Jeremy gasps staring at the trash bin in shock
"Let's go" Damon says turning to me
"You're really going out like that" I say pointing to his face and shirt which are covered in flour.
He sighs turning the faucet on and grabbing a towel to wipe off the flour. "Go get me a shirt" he instructs Jeremy.
"You threw out the cookies" he says simply in disbelief.
"There's still some left, I'll give them to you if you get me my shirt"
Once the words "some left" came out of Damon's mouth Jeremy was already racing up the stairs and I laugh at this. "Oh poor Jeremy, then again he is the better Gilbert sibling " I decide
"That doesn't do the Gilbert family much justice" he says as he unbuttons his shirt just as Jeremy bursts into the room
"Here you go"
"I would have preferred black, but it will do" he says slipping on the white t shirt and tossing the flour covered one to Jeremy
"Where are the cookies" Jeremy asks simply
"There" Damon says pointing to the trash bin before grabbing my hand and leading me out the room. I turn back and the last thing I see is Jeremy looking down at the trash can as if wondering if the cookies are worth it
A/N Hey guys! Hope you enjoyed! This was a pretty eventful chapter, please be sure to let us know what you think. Next chapter is the football game, with a special new player joining the football team! Anyway, don't forget to favorite, follow, review, and have a great winter break!