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It's A Boy Girl Thing
Ch 13. TGIF Part 2
Damon looks up at Caroline after reading the text Elena sent him a moment before. "I guess we're going to meet them there...Stefan just got home and we don't want a repeat of what happened on Wednesday." He explained to the blonde, who was still working on her make-up in Elena's mirror.
Caroline re-capped her peach-colored lip gloss and took one last look in the mirror before spinning around to face her best friend. Caroline takes note of Elena's outfit and asks, "You're not wearing that, are you? Are you ready?"
"Why?" Damon looks down at his outfit and then back up at Caroline's judgy blue eyes. "What's wrong with what I'm wearing?"
"Don't you want to look cute?" Caroline is wearing dark skinny jeans, black boots, a blue and pink flower-printed tank top, and dark gray faux leather jacket. Her medium-length blonde hair is slightly wavy and her make-up is edgy and dark. She spent a whole hour and a half getting ready, and she is clearly proud of her appearance. Elena, on the other hand, is wearing jeans, a t-shirt, and sweatshirt. An old sweatshirt, too. "You look like you're on your period."
Damon can't help but laugh. How do you look like you have your period? "I didn't realize, jeez. Thanks for telling me." Damon sighs and suggests, "Why don't you pick something out for me?"
Caroline smiles and happily agrees. She opens the drawers and pulls out clothes, already having an outfit in mind. It's late-Fall, so the weather has been getting cooler, especially at night, but it's not too cold to look cute. She lays out the outfit on the bed for Elena to assess, and is happy when her friend agrees to wear it. Caroline picked out a dark and light blue striped dress, with a brown leather belt, thick white leggings, and cute brown biker boots. So she doesn't freeze, Caroline walks into the closet for a coat and comes out with a cute jean jacket. After she's dressed, Caroline compliments, "Much cuter. You know you're going with Damon, right? I mean, he's a dick, but come on, we both know he always looks good."
Damon smirks at the compliment, just not the one Caroline was directing towards Elena. So, she thinks he's a dick, but he's a good-looking dick. That's okay by him. And maybe she'll change her mind about how she feels about him. Elena is starting to change her mind, and that's pretty much a miracle. Caroline could definitely change hers if Elena can.
"You ready to go?" Caroline asks, looking over Elena's new appearance with an approving smile.
"I don't know, am I?" Damon questions, posing for Caroline and twirling in place.
Caroline nods and says, "Lookin' good. And me?" She smiles cheekily and places her hands on her hips.
Damon wants to roll his eyes, but he humors her, "Gorgeous! Let's go."
Caroline links her arm through Elena's, and they start to walk downstairs. Caroline is anxious though, so she has to ask, "Okay, come on, who is it? Just tell me."
"You can wait ten more minutes, Care," Damon says firmly. She's already asked five times.
"Fine," Caroline relents, "But let's just promise that tonight is going to be a stress-free, no judge night, okay?"
Damon has no idea what she means, but he decides it's better to agree with her. "Okay. Deal."
"And we're taking my car," Caroline announces, and then lowers her voice to add, "I brought alcohol, shh..."
Damon laughs. All right. Tonight is gonna be fun.
Elena and Klaus arrive at Mystic Grill before their dates. Haha. Elena thinks to herself. I'm going on a date with myself and my best friend, who thinks I'm Damon, and who is here for a date with Klaus, but she doesn't even know it, and he freaking out! All right, maybe Elena is freaking out too, but she's worried for Klaus. She wonders what Caroline's initial reaction to seeing him is going to be. He's worried too. That's why he's drinking from the bottle of Captain Morgan that Ric gave them while they sit in the car, waiting for Caroline and Damon to get there.
"Give me that," Elena finds herself saying. Klaus passes it over and she takes a long swig. She grimaces and hands it back to Klaus quickly. That was the most awful tasting drink she's ever had, but hopefully it will help her relax. She sees Caroline's pink car pull into the lot and she points it out to Klaus, "They're here now."
"O-kay..." Klaus sighs, capping the bottle and sliding it back in the cooler in the backseat, along-side the bottle of Jaeger. He grabs the red rose for Caroline and opens his car door. He can't help recalling that MTV show where the dates only lasted like thirty seconds, and the person would say...'Next!' And someone else would come out of the bus. Yeah. That's how he's picturing this date going with Caroline. That would suck.
Elena watches herself climb out of Caroline's car, dressed way trendier than Damon could have done on his own. Elena is happy to see Damon really is trying with Caroline. Damon smiles at Elena, and then they both watch Caroline's reaction to seeing her date is Klaus. She looks back at 'Elena' for a second, before turning back and putting on a smile. Elena can't tell if it's a real one or not, but she and Klaus meet the girls half-way.
Klaus doesn't know what to say when he comes face-to-face with the beautiful Caroline, so he hands her the rose and says, "For you."
"Thank you," Caroline says with a bright smile. No guy has ever actually given her flowers; except for her dad, and that was like one time. "Klaus, right?" She knew that was his name, but she wanted to make him talk. He was just gaping at her.
"Yes," Klaus answers. "Are you hungry?"
"Starving," Caroline admits with a laugh.
Klaus starts to compliment Caroline on her appearance, and Damon thinks he can handle things on his own for a moment, so he turns to check out his face and see how the black eye is healing. "Come here," He says to Elena quietly as he grabs hold of her by the chin gently and looks at the bruise. It's a lot better than it was yesterday, but still pretty bad.
"It's fine," Elena insists, nudging Damon's hands off. She catches Caroline staring, and Caroline comments in a half-teasing tone, "So mean."
"Yeah, sorry, Mister Moody," Damon says to Elena with a smirky smile.
"I am not," Elena rolls her eyes. "Let's go eat."
Everybody nods, and they start to head in to the restaurant. All the local teens and young adults like to hang out at Mystic Grill because there is pool and a digital jukebox player, and for the ones over 21 there's the bar. Plus, the food is really good.
Elena and Damon walk inside behind Caroline and Klaus, and can therefore hear Care comment to her date, "I really liked that drawing you did, the one in the Art Hallway? I see it every morning..."
"Really?" Klaus looks at Caroline with a look of complete surprise. He didn't even think she noticed him or knew who he was, but she's seen the picture he drew? And she actually likes it?
"Yeah," Caroline confirms with a small smile, "It's beautiful."
"Maybe I'll draw you one day," Klaus proposes casually.
Caroline's blue eyes light up and she says, "I'd like that."
Elena and Damon exchange a look, both smiling. They were so worried about Caroline's reaction to Klaus. They never expected she'd take to him so quickly. Caroline wasn't disappointed at all by who her blind date wound up being. In fact, she's kind of looking forward to getting to know Klaus outside of school. Elena is proud of Caroline's response. She wishes she were in her own body so she could take Care in the bathroom and gossip with her about Klaus and Damon, but she's not, so she can't. This is a good start, though. Elena knows that as long as Caroline is happy and in a good mood they'll have a good night.
"Table for four?" The dark-haired hostess asks Klaus, who is leading the group. He nods, and she slides out four laminated paper menus, and gestures for them to follow her. "Right this way..." She shows them to their booth, which is close to the pool tables and the jukebox player.
"Ooh! We should play pool after we eat," Caroline suggests to Elena's body, grabbing her friend's hand briefly and smiling.
Damon, who had already been planning on talking Care into playing pool with the boys, nods and says, "Yeah, that sounds fun. How about me and you against the boys?"
"You're on," Elena replies with a wink at Damon.
"Okay," Caroline says, "But we're gonna kick your butts!"
"What did I tell you?" Caroline says after high-fiving Elena, "I knew we were going to win. I must be on a winning streak tonight."
"Does that mean you want to play again?" Klaus asks her hopefully. He doesn't want the date to be over right after dinner. He's having such a good time with Caroline that he's not ready to give her up yet.
"No way," Caroline says with a playful grin, "What happened to our little wager? You and Damon have to pay for dinner, and then we're going to go do something even more fun..." She rubs her hands together and licks her lips simultaneously, thinking to herself just how much fun it's going to be.
"Well, what are we going to do?" Elena asks, curious as to what Caroline could possibly be up to.
"Well, Damon," Caroline says mysteriously, "That is for me and Elena to know, and you and Klaus to find out. We," She gestures to herself and Elena, "are going to go grab some things we need, while you boys pay. Meet us at the Falls..."
The Falls? Elena wonders as Damon leaves with Caroline. What could she possibly want to do there? Drink? The Falls is where the back-to-school party always takes place. It was a tradition started by the future Senior class of Mystic Falls High about fifteen years ago, and it's been carried on every since. It's close by, only about a five minute drive away, but Elena knows that even if it were further Klaus would drive them there. He is so completely into Caroline, he'd probably do just about anything she asked him. And that's a good thing, too, considering what Caroline has planned for her date, her best friend, and Damon.
"Come on," Caroline urges Elena to follow her faster, "We have to stop somewhere before we meet them."
"What are we doing?" Damon questions, wanting to be in on whatever it is Caroline is planning. Besides, he's the whole reason they won the game of pool anyways. Him, and Klaus helping Caroline out to have an excuse to touch her, but either way. The 'girls' won, just like they planned, and now Caroline is in charge of the date.
"We're going to play some drinking games," Caroline replies, as if it were the most obvious answer in the world and Damon should have already known. Well, maybe if he were actually Elena, he would have known. "I've got alcohol, and Klaus has alcohol, so there's plenty to drink. But we can't go back to any of our houses, so I thought, why not go to the Falls? We haven't been there since the school kick-off party."
"Yeah, that was a fun night," Damon comments.
Caroline turns to Elena with one eyebrow raised as she asks, "Uh, really? I thought that night sucked for you? That's why I wanted to take you back and make it a good night. You and Damon seem to be getting along..."
Instead of admitting that he and Elena are getting along, he counters, "And you and Klaus seem to be getting along too. Are you glad you took Damon up on his offer?"
"So far..." Caroline says slowly, "Yes, I am." She smiles as she turns her car onto her road and into her driveway.
"What are we doing here?" Damon asks, confused as to why they are now parked in Sherriff Forbes' driveway.
"I said we needed to grab a few things," Caroline answers, "Come on."
While Caroline drags 'Elena' inside to help her gather up supplies for the Falls trip, Klaus and 'Damon' talk Alaric into giving them some things behind the bar to mix drinks with. He comments that the girls looked like they were having fun, and wonders how the date is going. They talk to Ric for a few minutes, but Klaus is anxious to get back to Caroline, so they say goodbye and head towards the Falls to meet their dates.
"They're not here yet," Klaus points out the obvious when they park off the dirt trail close to the Falls.
"They'll be here," Elena assures him.
"What do you think they're doing?" Klaus wonders.
"I don't know," Elena answers honestly. She wishes she knew what Caroline was up to, but she has no clue. "Maybe they were getting stuff to mix drinks with too?"
"Maybe..." Klaus says absent-mindedly, his thoughts on beautiful Caroline and her smile. He can't believe he's the one who's made her smile tonight. He hopes she feels what he is feeling, because the more time he spends with her, the harder he falls. He is not going to be able to go back to the way things were before; pretending that he doesn't mind she ignores his existence. It would kill him. Before he can dwell any further on that depressing thought, headlights appear in Klaus' rearview mirror, and he watches Caroline park her pink car behind his red one.
Caroline asks the boys to help her and Elena set up the small folding table and four camping chairs they grabbed from her garage. She and her parents used to go camping every summer...until he left, that is. Now she hardly sees her dad at all. But at least she can still find use for the camping chairs tonight.
"Nice idea with the chairs, Care," Elena comments, not realizing that was a very un-Damon-like thing to say.
"Thanks..." Caroline says awkwardly, wondering when Damon became so nice. He must really like Elena, she muses to herself. Well, she doesn't really see the appeal towards Damon, but...she guesses if Elena likes him, he can't be that bad. Plus, Klaus is way different than she assumed he was. Maybe Damon is too? Maybe she shouldn't be so quick to judge people. Especially not tonight. She did make Elena promise tonight would be fun, stress-free, and judge-free. So that counts for her too. She compliments the boys back, "Nice idea with the drink mixers and the fruit."
"Should we make a drink?" Klaus suggests.
"Absolutely," Caroline nods with a big, infectious smile on her lips.
After each has mixed a drink for themselves, Caroline suggests they play Never Have I Ever. This game is simply the ice-breaker. It's effective since it involves drinking whenever someone states something that you have done. That's just Round 1 of Caroline's drinking game. After they're all good and drunk, they'll move on to Round 2...
"Okay, okay," Caroline waves her hand to silence the laughter from the boys and her best friend, "My turn. Never have I ever...uh...been on an airplane?"
"What?" Klaus asks incredulously, "You haven't flown before?"
"Never," Caroline repeats.
Klaus takes a long drink from his glass, since he has flown multiple times, and Elena drinks for Damon since he motions to her that he's been on a plane. They came up with a system to make sure they were answering correctly for the opposite person. They are out with their best friends, after all, the person who knows them best. When they have done something, they do one long blink, and when they haven't, it's two short ones. At least the game doesn't require telling the truth about the things they have and haven't done. Elena has said a few that Damon has done, and had to drink for them. She's had the most to drink out of all of them so far, and she's starting to resent Damon a little for that.
When it's her turn, she says an easy one, "Never have I ever been a cheerleader." She smirks at Damon as he takes a drink. Caroline, too.
"No, really?" Damon comments sarcastically. He can tell Elena is drunk, though, and maybe he shouldn't push her too much more. He doesn't want her passing out on them and having to take care of her if she gets sick all over the place in his body. "Never have I ever...been skinny dipping." He doesn't get the look from Elena, so he doesn't drink, but he forgot that he has been skinny dipping, so he blinks once for Elena. She rolls her eyes before downing the remainder of her drink. She slams her plastic cup down on the folding table and frowns at Damon. He wonders why she's all of a sudden mad at him. He suggests, "Maybe we should do something else now...?"
"Yes!" Caroline bursts excitedly. "Let's move on to Round 2. But first, we have to do something for Round 3."
"What?" Elena, the Elena in Damon's body who is so drunk at the moment she can't see straight, asks, "What Round 3? What game are we playing?"
Caroline laughs and tells the obviously drunk raven-haired boy next to her, "That's part of the rules. Only I get to know the game. But it's fun. Right? Aren't we having fun?" She gets nods from Elena and Klaus, so she tells Damon, "See? We're having fun. So listen. This is what we have to do." She opens her bag and pulls out the paper, envelope, and pens she brought from her house. "Write down your biggest secret, fold it up, and put it in the envelope. Make sure to put your name. But don't worry, no one is going to see it...unless you break the rules."
"What are the rules?" Damon asks, since Caroline never told him that part on their way here.
Caroline shrugs and lists off, "Rule number one: Everyone has to write down their secret. If you don't, then your punishment is left up to us to decide, and it probably will be worse than sharing whatever deep, dark secret you write on your piece of paper. Rule number two: No one knows about the game except for us. So, if we leave here and we see other people, we can't tell them about the game. Rule number three: Anything goes, so once we start playing, that's it. You're playing until the end. And...technically, we just finished Round 1, so we're all in it until someone is a winner." She sucks in her bottom lip thoughtfully before adding, "And that's it, I think."
Caroline rips a sheet of paper into four pieces and hands one piece to each person at the table. They write down their secrets, fold them up into a square, mark their name, and put it in the envelope Caroline grabbed from her mom's office at home. She seals the envelope and places it at the center of the table.
"How do you win the game?" Klaus wonders.
"At the end, we all vote on who we think deserves to win. And you can't vote for yourself," Caroline explains. "Oh, and for this round, it's like truth or dare only you don't choose whether you want truth or dare, you choose the person who you want to ask or dare you. Get it?" She watches as each of the three teenagers sitting around her nod their heads. "Okay. Let's play Round 2. Here's how we decide who's first. Everyone pour themselves a drink. We all start to drink at the same time. Whoever finishes last is the first to be dared. Or...truthed?" She giggles at her joke and then starts to mix a drink with fruit punch and strawberry flavored vodka.
Damon, Elena, and Klaus follow Caroline's lead and pour themselves a drink. Elena is drunk already, but she thinks being in Damon's body is helping her tolerate the alcohol a little more than usual. She is feeling the effects of the alcohol, but she's not experiencing any light-headed or dizziness, and the forest isn't spinning around her. That's a good sign. She should be able to handle at least one more drink.
"Everyone ready?" Caroline asks once drinks are poured. "Ready. Set. Drink!"
Elena finishes first and slams her cup down on the table loudly, Damon only a few seconds behind her. She smirks across the table at her body and wonders if she could possibly get Damon alone so she could use this Truth or Dare game to her advantage. If they're alone, she can ask him things he can actually answer, and has to because the rules say so. As Damon meets his own blue-eyed stare, he is thinking the same thing. If he can get Elena alone, he can ask her to tell him the truth about Matt...
Caroline finishes her drink before Klaus and then smiles happily when she notices she's not the last one. She points at Klaus and says, "You lose. That means you're first. So, who do you want to pick to be in charge or your Truth or Dare?"
Klaus contemplates choosing Caroline, because he'd do anything she told him to, but he decides to choose Damon instead. Hopefully Damon won't ask him anything too outrageous or dare him to do anything embarrassing. He shrugs one shoulder and says, "Damon." He shoots Damon a look that he hopes is saying 'Don't make me look stupid, dude'.
Since Elena clearly can't get away with a Truth, not knowing enough about Klaus, she says, "Alright...well, it's gonna have to be a dare, dude." Klaus nods, accepting his dark-haired friend's decision. "I dare you to..." Elena stops to think. Come on, come on, what do guys dare each other to do? Do people even play Truth or Dare anymore? Not that I'd tell Care that, but seriously, this game is much harder to play when I'm not in my body! Suddenly, it comes to her. "Switch outfits with Caroline."
Klaus' blue eyes widen in shock for a moment, until he hears Elena and Caroline giggling. Elena is giggling because, well, it's Damon and he thinks it's hilarious that Klaus looked so panicked for a moment. Caroline is laughing because she has to put on Klaus' clothes.
Just to clarify, Elena adds, "Just pants and shirt. You don't have to trade undies...that'd be gross. But you have to do it here." Elena thinks Klaus should be thanking her. Now he gets to see Caroline in her bra and panties. Maybe he doesn't realize that yet?
"Okay," Caroline agrees, before Klaus can reply. To her, he doesn't really have a choice. Those are the rules. Damon gave Klaus a dare. Klaus has to comply. She stands up and slides out of her jean jacket, hanging it over the back of her chair for Klaus to grab. She looks him in the eyes and waits for him to do the same.
Klaus gulps before taking off his jacket. Now he gets it. He knows why Damon gave him this dare. But he's fucking nervous. Why is he so nervous? He wants nothing more than to see Caroline in less clothing, but he can't believe it's really happening. He snaps out of his daze and decides to make the next move first. He slips his shirt over his head and hands it to Caroline. She smiles and checks out his smooth, bare chest before copying his moves and removing her shirt. Her grin deepens when she sees that Klaus is blushing a little at the sight of her lacy pink and white bra. She's glad she chose to go with a lingerie set tonight, even though she knows she's going home with Elena. It doesn't hurt to plan to look sexy, just in case things get heated. Or for moments like this. She reaches for the button on her jeans at the same time as Klaus, and slowly bends to take them off. She can't help but note that Klaus will probably have no problem fitting into her clothes. He is thin, but she is glad to see he is toned, and hotter than she thought he'd be. Maybe football players aren't the only ones with hot bodies...
After staring for another moment, or maybe two, Caroline and Klaus put on the opposites outfit and sit back down. Klaus asks Damon, "So, how long do we have to stay like this?"
"Oh yeah..." Elena hadn't even thought of that. "Until after we've each had a turn, I guess."
Klaus nods, "All right. Who's next?"
Caroline hums thoughtfully, "Damon, because he dared you. But if he picks you, then you can't go again. We'll have to find another way to decide."
Elena wants to suggest something other than drinking to decide, because she is really not trying to make herself sick tonight, nor be in bed all day with a hangover tomorrow. She doesn't say that though, because she realizes three sets of eyes are on her. Oh. Right. It's my turn. "Elena."
Damon is a little disappointed, only because he really wants to ask Elena about Matt; it's been on his mind all day since the diary incident. He can't ask her now though, because she's him. But he does have another idea, to get her alone for a few minutes, and plan out a way to get more time alone. He wants to tell Elena his idea for Klaus and Caroline, and to do that, he has to do this: "I dare you to get naked." He pauses for dramatic effect before adding, "And jump in the water."
Elena's eyes bulge for a second as she protests, "But it's going to be cold!"
Damon wants to groan and shake her, but thankfully, Klaus does the next best thing by teasing, "Oh wah, are you really that scared of a little cold water? Or do you not want the girls to see little Damon?"
OK, that's a bit much, Klaus. We both know I'm bigger than you. Damon wants to say. But that would sound weird coming out of Elena's mouth.
"Want to come in with me and let them meet Klaus junior, too?" Elena shoots back with a glare. She almost said, Elena's already seen it, and it's not little. She catches herself. That would be a bad, bad, bad thing to day. Ugh, why did Damon have to give her this dare?
"I'm good, thanks," Klaus replies.
Elena sighs loudly before saying, "Fine. But you suck. You really suck, Elena." She says her name meaningfully, so Damon knows she means he sucks. She gets up and walks away from the table towards the water. She really doesn't want to get cold and wet right now, but Damon would do it. Right? That prick better have done this if this were him because this is going to suck! Have I fucking mentioned yet that this sucks? She decides it's best to just get it over with.
Damon asks Caroline after Elena walks away, "Give me your keys. I'm going to turn on you car for a minute so I can put the heat on for him." See. There's that moment alone he was planning. Now he can talk to Elena for a minute and tell her his next plan. It's complicated.
Caroline coos, "Aww, aren't you just the cutest? Here. I think I have a blanket in the backseat. Don't let him put his bare ass on my leather seat." Caroline holds out the keys to Elena, who takes them with a smile and walks away to the car.
Elena strips down quickly and glares at the water, which even looks cold, before taking a deep breath and stepping off the bank into the shallow water. She holds in her breath so she doesn't let out a most likely girlish yelp at the shock of the cold water on her skin. She pushes forward, hating every moment of it, and then gets to a deeper spot, where she dives under. Once her body is fully submerged, she realizes she doesn't feel cold. It's weird. It almost feels warm, actually. That can't be right...Elena comes up for air and her senses kick back in. "Fuck! It's so cold!" She wades through the water until it's shallow enough to hop on to land and across the grass to her clothes.
She hears Caroline and Klaus' laughter from their seats and wishes she'd given Klaus a worse dare just for laughing. She doesn't see her own body though. Where's Damon? She sees the lights of Caroline's car flash and then Damon unrolls the window and yells, "Come here, it's warm, and there's a blanket!"
Elena grabs the clothes and runs to the car. Thank God! He's not a complete ass after all! Elena ignores Caroline and Klaus' incessant laughter as she dashes past them to the little pink car, and hops in the passenger seat, immediately wrapping the blanket over her shoulders and body. The heat is blasting, and it feels amazing.
"Sorry about that," Damon says, before Elena can yell at him, as he knows she probably wants to. "I wanted to talk to you, and that wasn't going to happen unless, you know, that happened." He gestures to his wet, shivering passenger.
Elena nods in understanding, and instead of yelling, she comments, "I still hate you right now, but when I get warm, I'll be fine. What do you need to talk to me for?"
"I have a dare for Klaus," Damon says seriously.
Elena wants to scream. "That's it? Are you kidding me? Couldn't you have dared me to make out with you in the car and asked me that way instead?"
"That wouldn't have worked." Damon replies, having considered that option already. "Caroline would've said we had to do it right there. And how desperate would you look, daring me to make out with you? But anyways, isn't the point of this date to try and Caroline to like Klaus?" Elena nods. "Well, I know how. You said Caroline likes romantic shit, right? So if Klaus asks you for another dare, then you tell him it's a secret, so Caroline won't hear. Then tell him exactly where to take her to give her the most romantic kiss of her teenage girl life." Damon seriously thinks some of Elena must still be in this brain. Where did this crazy chick idea come from? It must be the chick brain. It's the only answer.
"Fine," Elena grumbles, "That's a good idea." She wiggles her toes in front of the floor heater and mentions, "And I'm starting to feel my toes again, so I'm a little happier. I'm staying in here for another few minutes though."
"I'll stay with you until you're dry," Damon offers.
Elena shrugs indifferently, even though she wants him to stay. She is glad he's being nice to her now, but she hopes it isn't only because he wants his body back. Will things be the same after? Or will they go back to the way they were before? Because she doesn't want them to. "What do you think-" She cuts herself off and shakes her head, "Never mind." She can't ask him that. She can't ask him what things will be like after they are themselves again. She's kind of scared to hear the answer.
"What do I think about what?" Damon asks, turning his eyes to Elena curiously.
"Nothing," She insists. "I don't know. I was thinking out loud. You don't have to wait. Go back out and see what they're doing. I'm going to get dressed. I'll be out in a minute. I'll turn the car off and bring the keys."
Damon wants to ask again, but he decides to listen to her instead. "Okay." He'll have another moment to talk to her. He'll make sure of that.
After Elena is dressed and emerges from the car, Klaus queries, "How was your swim, my brother?"
"It sucked." Elena states with a sigh as she sits down in her seat. "But now it's Elena's turn, right?" She sends Damon a daring look, just to warn him that if he chooses her, he's probably not going to like her dare for him.
"Yeah, and I'm so not picking you," Damon giggles in a girly way before turning to Caroline and grabbing her arm. "Caroline. I know you'll be nice to me."
Caroline lifts her lips up in a half-smile, which she directs at Klaus, and then speaks, "Truth. What's the deal with you and Damon? And I want the whole story, not just another vague answer." She and Klaus were planning on asking Elena; it was only a matter of whom she picked and when.
I should have known that was coming…Damon thinks to himself. He almost forgot about the truth part of Truth or Dare. He's always been more of a fan of daring than truthing. Is truthing a word? No, he doesn't think it is, but he'll pretend for now. But clearly Caroline and Klaus have been looking for answers on this subject, and it's up to him to give them some insight. "Okay…uh…" Damon shoots a 'help me' look in Elena's direction, but she shrugs. She is interested in hearing his answer as well.
"Don't you dare say 'it's complicated' again," Caroline forewarns, as if knowing that is where her best friend was headed with the 'uh's' and the 'okay…'s'.
Damon decides to tell the truth. Well, as much of it as he can tell, since the curse/spell thing is still keeping him and Elena tongue-tied. "Well, it all started a week and a half ago. It was kind of an accident, really. Damon and I were paired up in History, and we obviously didn't want anything to do with each other, but…" Damon shrugs, "Something happened. We changed. We realized maybe we hated each other for all the wrong reasons. Or at least, that's how I feel. I didn't like Damon, but I didn't really know him either. And once I got to know him…" He stares at Elena and she finally meets his eyes. "I figured out I was kinda wrong about he-him all along." He almost slipped and said 'her', but he caught himself. "I never planned for any of this to happen, but I guess sometimes that's how life goes. I didn't want to hurt Stefan." False. I did want to hurt Stefan. But not in this way. "It just happened. Once I realized," He's going out on a whim here, "how I felt, about Damon, I had to break up with Stefan. It wouldn't have been right. Does that answer your question?"
"So…" Caroline's lips curl up playfully, "You do like Damon then." She watches Elena nod her heart-shaped face. "I knew it. It only took six shots and a serious game of Truth or Dare to get it out of you."
Elena is surprised by Damon's words, but she doesn't know if she should be. It's not like he said anything she didn't already know. It did all go down a week and a half ago. It was a huge, freak accident. They have changed their minds about each other recently. And she did make him break up with Stefan because of what happened between them. But does he really like her? Or is he only saying what Caroline and Klaus want to hear?
"My turn!" Caroline announces, "I pick Elena."
"Before we start Round 3," Caroline says, after they've played Round 2 for an hour or so. She and Klaus have been back in their own clothes, and she is excited to finish up the game and declare a winner. She's been having a lot of fun so far. "A few more rules; this round is called the Triple Dog Dare round. We each only get one turn. The dare has to be a big one. Anything goes. The only place we can't do our dares for this round is…here. We've been here all night, so we have to go somewhere else for the dares. So think about what you might want to dare, and help me clean up." She bosses them lightly. She knows she can come off as somewhat of a control freak, but it's only because she's such a perfectionist. She can't help it. The alcohol has loosened her up enough to relax and have fun, though.
Once everything is packed into Caroline's car, she suggests, "Let's let the bottle decide who's first. First spin will determine who the dare is for, and second spin decides who's giving the dare." She sets the bottle on a flat surface of the ground near the two cars, and they form a circle. Caroline spins the bottle. It lands on herself. The second spin lands on Damon's body.
Elena is excited. Finally. She can give Caroline a dare. And she has the perfect one in mind. One that will make Klaus think Caroline is even hotter than he already does. She tells Caroline, "I triple dog dare you to go back to the Grill, and perform a song in the parking lot. On top of someone's car and it can't be yours."
Instead of protesting or complaining, Caroline nods her head and agrees to do it. "Let's go."
Ten minutes later, Caroline is on top of a stranger's black Hummer, singing Taylor Swift's 'I Knew Your Were Trouble' for Elena, Damon, and Klaus. Well, and a few other drunkies who are leaving the bar at this time. She is putting on a show, dancing on the car and pretending to sing into her empty vodka bottle like it's a microphone. "And the saddest fear comes creeping in. That you never loved me, or her, or anyone, or anything! Ye-ah! I knew you were trouble when you walked in, so shame on me now. Flew me to places I've never been, 'til you put me down. Oh, I knew you were trouble when you walked in…"
By the end of the song, there is a crowd of ten or so, all cheering and applauding loudly for Caroline. She grins from ear to ear and takes a bow, nearly tumbling from the roof of the Hummer. Klaus steps forward and grabs her hands, helping her jump down to her feet. He compliments, "I didn't know you could sing. You're amazing."
Caroline giggles, "Thanks."
Ric sticks his head out of the door of the Grill and calls out, "You guys might want to get out of here. I think the guy who owns the Hummer just called the cops…"
"Shit, let's go!" Klaus takes Caroline's hand and pulls her towards her car, Damon and Elena following close behind.
The four teens regroup at the Mystic Falls High School parking lot, and spin the bottle to determine who will go next. Klaus; and his dare will be coming from Damon's mind but Elena's mouth. Damon pulls Klaus aside and whispers his dare to him. "I triple dog dare you to take Caroline out to the middle of the football field, and tell her how you feel about her. Oh, and you better seal it with a kiss." Damon observes that it probably is better that he's not telling Klaus this from his own body. Klaus might actually punch him for something like this, but coming from Elena, he just may be thankful.
Klaus wordlessly walks away from Elena's body and over to Caroline. I can do this. He tells himself. I can. He takes Caroline's hand for the second time tonight, and asks her, "Would you come for a walk with me?"
"Sure," Caroline agrees with a smile. She can feel butterflies form in her belly; nervously anticipating what is to come when she follows Klaus. She has an idea in mind, but she doesn't want to assume. The butterflies are the good kind, though. She is nervous, but excited at the same time.
After Klaus and Caroline walk away, Damon suggests, "Let's have our own dare while they're gone."
Elena raises an eyebrow at Damon skeptically. "Why?"
Damon shrugs innocently, "Just to pass the time."
"Fine," Elena concedes, "But be nice."
"I am being nice," Damon points out. "Are you still wasted?"
Elena lifts one shoulder and shrugs it, "I dunno. Kinda. Yeah."
Damon chuckles. She's definitely still drunk. He is tipsy, but she had way more to drink than him. Maybe she won't remember in the morning when he asks her about this. He wants her to remember though. "I dare you to tell me about Matt."
"What?" Elena asks with a frown. She was definitely not expecting that to be his dare. "That's not even a dare."
"I'm daring you to tell the truth," Damon clarifies, "Because I want to know the story."
"You could've just asked." Elena responds.
"Would you have answered?" Damon asks, "Are you going to answer?"
"I don't know," Elena sighs, feeling a bit pressured. "I guess. I guess I'll just tell you. But then you have to answer a question of mine."
"Deal," Damon consents.
Elena leans her back against Klaus' car and starts, "Matt claims he had a crush on me since the first grade. That's what he told me when he finally asked me out the summer after sophomore year. We had gone to Homecoming together at the beginning of the year, but that was it. He didn't really talk to me again until that summer." She shakes her head bitterly, the memory coming back to her fast and strong, causing her to feel slightly sick to her stomach. "Caroline was staying with her dad for the summer, and Bonnie was a junior camp counselor. I was stuck home doing nothing, really. So it was nice to have someone to talk to, and to hang out with. It was nice that this cute, sweet guy was interested in me. But it was all a big joke. I can't believe I fell for it. I fell for him. He made me feel special. He said I was beautiful and that if I were his he'd be the happiest guy in Mystic Falls. He really knew exactly what to say. He wanted to get married someday, and have kids, and ugh, I believed every word of that crap. When he finally admitted he was moving at the end of the summer, I was in way too deep. I didn't want to let him go. I thought sleeping with him would make him mine; make him still be mine after he left. I was stupid. The last two weeks he was here, we just fucked all the time. And I hated it. I hated it because I knew he'd be gone, and all I would have left was the memory and this fucking empty feeling inside. And it was worse when he said that we could still be together, and that he'd visit, and he'd write, and he'd make it work. When the truth was, he didn't even plan on trying. He didn't write me once. He never came back. He just left." Elena swallows the thick, aching feeling in her throat, determined not to cry. "It doesn't matter anymore. I learned my lesson. I'm glad I found out just how cruel guys can be. I'm never going to let that happen again. I'll never be that stupid."
"It's not your fault, Elena," Damon points out gently, "You weren't stupid."
"What the fuck would you call it then, Damon?" Elena demands. "I fell for the oldest game in the book. The love you and leave you move. How many movies have been made based around that stupid trick? Countless. And yet I still fell for it. I've loved you since first grade. Who the fuck did he think he was? Peeta from the Hunger Games? He did not love me. Not one little bit. He probably doesn't even think about what he did to me."
Damon doesn't know what to say. She's right. Matt probably doesn't feel bad about what he did, or regret it. He probably doesn't think what he did affected Elena so much. He wouldn't have done it if he was going to regret it. Damon is almost as mad as he was the day they were under that love spell and first found out about Matt scarring Elena's heart. He wanted to kill him, and he still wishes he could go hunt Matt down and beat him black and blue. How could he do something so awful to someone like Elena? She deserves so much better.
"I told you," Elena says, "So now you have to tell me something." She was going to ask him more about Katherine; to tell her the story of how they met and how they started dating and why Damon loved her. But she doesn't ask him that. Instead, she asks, "Did you mean what you said back at the Falls?" Quieter, she adds, "Do you really like me?"
Damon also thought Elena would have asked him about Katherine. He blinks a few times at Elena before replying, "Uh…" Shit. She knows how complicated this is. Why is she asking this? "I don't know, Elena. I mean, I do like you, but I don't know. I don't know if I'm feeling this way because it's how I really feel or because we're fucking cursed. I have no idea how to feel about this. And after hearing what Matt did to you, there's no way I'm going to hurt you like he did. I'm not going to tell you that I like you, Elena, because if I change my mind, then I'll be another asshole who hurt you. I just want to get back to being myself. Then I'll be able to figure out everything else."
Elena nods her head jerkily. She shouldn't have asked. What was she expecting him to say? And why is she so upset when there's nothing wrong with that answer? So, he's confused? So is she! She can't be mad at him for being confused.
"Here come Klaus and Caroline," Elena states flatly.
The blonde-haired pair are practically glowing and their hands are still linked together. Damon and Elena note that their kiss must have gone well. Mission accomplished for getting Caroline and Klaus together. Too bad their situation couldn't be fixed that easily. Too bad their feelings can't be sorted out in a simple, short conversation and sealed with a kiss.
Elena is next to be dared, and Caroline dares her, being in Damon's body, to do a body shot off of Elena. God, she must have stepped in some bad luck back at the Falls. Why is she getting all the awful dares? Is it just because she's in Damon's body? Would these dares have gone down the same way if she were in her own body? If she were in her own body, she'd have gotten off way easier tonight. The last thing she wants to do is sensually lick alcohol from her own body, especially when Damon just told her he doesn't know how to feel about her. She'd rather keep her distance, but no, that's now how the game works. Elena has never done a body shot before, but she follows Caroline's instructions: licks the salt from her wrist, sucks Jaeger from her own belly button, and grabs the cherry (only fruit left from what the boys took from the Grill) from between Damon's lips. She quickly steps back and away from her body, swallowing the alcohol and ignoring the racing of her heart at the close proximity to Damon. This really has to stop. I really have to stop feeling like this about him. It's not right.
"I guess I'm last," Damon announces. He spins the bottle to see who will be giving him his dare, and wonders what it will be when it lands on Klaus.
"I triple dog dare you," Klaus says right away, "To give my friend Damon here a kiss."
Of course. Damon nods, rolling his eyes over to Elena cautiously. He can sense she's trying to put distance between them, but outside forces keep pushing them together. Maybe they shouldn't fight it so much? Damon smiles reassuringly as he walks over to stand in front of her. They haven't kissed since…the love spell. And that was not of their own choice. That was simply magic. This won't be anything like the heated kisses they shared during that awful witchy spell fail. It's just a kiss. One little kiss.
Damon, being shorter in Elena's body, steps up on his tippy toes and leans on Elena's shoulders for support as he presses her lips against his. His eyes fall shut and he feels Elena wrap her arms around his waist, pulling him closer as they deepen the kiss. His tongue sneaks in her mouth for a moment, and Elena melts a little inside. It is like before. Hastily, Elena pulls away and steps back. She stares at Damon with a mixture of surprise and confusion. That wasn't supposed to happen. That wasn't supposed to be like that. It should have been normal. It should have been like kissing anybody, like kissing a cousin! What happened?!
"Whoa," Caroline comments breathily, "That was so not the first time you guys have done that. That was hot!"
Damon laughs awkwardly. Was it that obvious they've kissed before? He is just as shocked as Elena at the intensity of their kiss. It was almost as fiery and passionate as the make out session that nearly led to them having sex in each other's bodies last week. Almost. But they controlled themselves this time. It wasn't an uncontrollable urge for more, but it was stronger than he expected. A kiss like that isn't one that can be easily forgotten. A kiss like that doesn't help an already confused mind find clarity.
"We should head back," Elena suggests, "It's late."
"Fine," Caroline relents, wishing they could stay out all night, "But we're doing this again soon, okay? Like…next week." Klaus, Elena and Damon laugh. Caroline gasps, "Oh, wait! We never picked a winner!"
"Oh yeah," Damon nods, "I forgot. So what do we do again? We vote?"
"Yeah, everyone votes for who they think deserves to win," Caroline confirms. "I vote for…Klaus." She smiles at him shyly. It took a lot of guts to tell her how he feels, and God is she glad he did. He likes her! And she…likes him too. But she is definitely taking this slow this time. No rushing into shit like she did with Tyler. That was a mistake. She won't let Klaus be one too.
Klaus votes for Damon, but Elena and Damon both vote for Klaus. He's the winner. "So what do I win?"
"Oh, crap!" Caroline groans, "We never placed any bets." She mulls it over before offering, "How about you win another date with me? Only this time it can just be me and you."
"That sounds perfect." Klaus smiles happily.
Elena watches her best friend score a date and can't help feeling slightly jealous. Caroline's life is so un-complicated compared to hers right now. Why is it that right when she thought her and Damon were figuring out how to get along in each other's bodies, things have to become more complicated? She can't handle having feelings for Damon when he's in her friggin' body. It's hard enough accepting she's got feelings for a guy who's tormented her for nearly all four years of high school, but he's not even himself! He's her! Now would be such a perfect time for Ayana to put them back in their proper bodies. Do you hear me, Ayana? I learned my lesson! We won't fight anymore. Please…fix this.
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