A Study Date to Remember:

After a night of a well-needed normal girlfriend sleepover and ignoring all of the problems that seem to pop up in Mystic Falls the girls went to bed. They all managed to squeezed in Caroline's bed comfortably. It was quiet as the girls were sleeping until Elena's phone went off. Caroline groaned and the girls all rolled over until Caroline pushed Elena out of the bed. She landed on the floor with a thump. Beth, who was on the other side of Caroline, threw a pillow over her head to muffle out the noise of Elena talking.

Elena was the first to leave the house, telling the girls about her weekend with Stefan. The other girls finally got up and dressed when they realized it was 11. "Okay, so what's the plan for today?" Caroline asked them sitting on the bed. She wanted to keep busy so she

"Well I have a plan." Beth said and her and Bonnie shared a smile. "We have to figure out everything about what Elijah's plans are and we have just the way to do it. First, I have to stop by my apartment to grab something and I'll meet you guys at the grill." She told them grabbing her bag. She said goodbye and drove to the boarding house.

She arrived and got out of the car, entering without knocking. She walked into the living room where Alaric and Damon were. They stopped talking as soon as she walked in and Damon gave her an innocent smile. "Please, please don't tell me you're planning a way to kill Elijah, who could kill you first." She asked Damon seeing the look on his face.

He pretended to be shocked she would say that. "Me? Try and kill him? El, I'm appalled that you would think I'd do that."

She looked at Alaric, who admitted, "He wants to meet him before he kills him." Damon shot him a look.

"Are you nuts? You already pissed off those wolves! I'm working on a way to find out more about what he's doing." She told him. "And Elijah's an original! He will seriously kill you!" Beth yelled at Damon who looked uninterested.

"I don't want to kill him yet!"

She groaned, knowing that it was impossible and left to go check upstairs. She finally found the powder on the nightstand that she made the other night. Damon and Alaric were still down there drinking she stopped and turned to Ric. "Please, make sure he doesn't do anything stupid." She asked her godfather.

"Will do."

"Killjoy." She heard Damon mutter under his breath before she shut the door to the house.

"So, you got it?" Bonnie asked her as she walked inside the grill and she nodded, handing her to packet of powder. "Excellent." She and her walked over to where Caroline was sitting.

"You've got the knock out powder?" She asked her, eagerly and she nodded. Beth gave it to Bonnie who was going to order a drink to give to Luka. She saw Matt standing behind the counter and he waved at her and she smiled and waved back. "Is there something going on there?" She asked Beth, about her and Matt. She didn't want to admit it, but he seemed to like her.

"No! No, nothing like that. I just offered to help him with History." Beth assured her. Caroline looked somewhat convinced. "Speaking of I forgot, I was supposed to help him today. Can you tell Bonnie, I'll catch up with you guys later? She knows what to do." Caroline nodded and Beth walked over to Matt. She couldn't help but feel a bit jealous with the way he was looking at her.

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"I still don't know why Lincoln didn't have more security around him at the play." Matt sighed putting down his history book. They had been studying for over an hour on the couch. They decided his place would be best cause it was close and quiet. Beth turned so she was facing him and she took his book. Matt watched as she mumbled silently to herself, reading what he had just read. "This paper's going to kick my ass."

"Alaric is pretty easy when it comes to essays." She assured him handing him the book back. "Lincoln wanted to spend a evening with his wife with lax security. They just won the war, he wanted to celebrate." Matt just groaned and put his head in his hands. Beth put a hand on his leg. "Don't worry, Matt. Lincoln's an easy president for me. Ric practically drilled civil war history into my head. I'll help you through it." She smiled at him.

"Thanks, Beth." He smiled back at her. He knew that he wouldn't have gotten even this far if she hadn't helped him. She couldn't help but stare into his eyes, realizing how blue they really were. She stopped herself. She could not think about that. She realized how close they were and quickly stood up, letting out an awkward cough. She walked to her bag, which was on the counter where her phone was ringing. She opened the bag and saw Alaric tried to call her. It was weird cause he was supposed to be with Jenna tonight, which was why she was going to stay at Caroline or the boarding house. "Everything ok?"

"I think so." She muttered looking at her phone as she sent a text back. She walked back to the couch as Matt stood up. She was too focused on her phone that she didn't see the coffee table she bumped into. She tripped and fell, with Matt catching her by the waist breaking her fall. They landed on the floor with her on top of him. Beth blushed deeply about their current position. Matt pushed a fallen strand of hair, which was in her eyes, behind her ears. They both froze for a second and he started lean in and before she could do the same she remembered Caroline. She couldn't do that to her. Matt was her ex. She wanted to kiss him but it wasn't right. She hurried to get off of him. "I-I'm sorry. I remembered I have to go to, uh, see Alaric."

He looked slightly crestfallen before standing up himself. "Y-yeah and I have another shift at the grill." He said as an excuse as she hurried to grab her bag from the counter. She turned and bumped into him again. "S-sorry." He apologized. She nodded and walked to the door. "See you later." He mumbled out as she left.

She quickly walked to her car and started to drive. She sighed. What the hell was wrong with her? Matt was going to kiss her and what was worst was she wanted him too. She felt horrible. She almost kissed her best friend's ex. She couldn't believe she almost did that. She didn't have anywhere to go so she just drove, trying to clear her head, until her phone rang. She picked it up it was Alaric. "Hello?" She heard a scuffle. "Alaric!" She yelled into the phone. She was getting worried now. She knew he probably went back to the boarding house with Damon.

She started to drive back there. She tried to call his and Damon's number again. There was no answer. It was strange. She knew something was wrong then. She made it to the boarding house and walked into the, uneasily silent house. "Damon? Ric?" She called out. She walked into the living room where she saw Damon chained up with blood covering his neck. With a blond woman and 4 other guys standing around her. Within a minute the girl rushed over to her and grabbed her tightly by the arm and pulled her towards Damon. A flash of fear went through his eyes. She looked down and saw Alaric, lying motionless on the floor. She stopped herself from panicking remembering he had the ring on.

"Maybe some incentive will help you." Jules suggested pointing the gun she had in her hand at Beth. She looked at the gun, admiring it. "You know what the great thing about buckshot is? It scatters through the body, maximum damage. Where's the moonstone?"

"Get over it, honey. You're never going to get it." Damon taunted her. Jules placed the gun barrel on the side of Beth, near her ribs. He spared a look at her and she gave a slight shake of her head. She was not going to let them get the moonstone.

"You are making a really big mistake." Beth warned them, keeping her voice from shaking out of fear. She let out a shaky breathe that only Damon could hear. He knew that her calm voice was just a façade. She was scared. He knew that he had to get her out of this. Jules pressed the gun harder into her side and cocked the gun. "Seriously, I wouldn't do that if I were you."

"5…." Jules counted down slowly. "4…." Damon had a look of panic on his face now. Beth shook her head at him. They wouldn't have it. He was tempted to speak but she wouldn't let him. She closed her eyes and blocked out everything. "3…2…." She pressed the trigger and the bullet didn't fire. Damon let out a small breath of relief.

"Failure to extract. Don't you hate it when that happens." Damon said pleasantly. Jules was confused as she looked at the gun. She checked the barrel and all the bullets were there. She pointed the gun at him now.

"Where's the moonstone!" She demanded. Damon wouldn't give it up and Beth wasn't sure if she could stop the bullet again.

"You looking for this?"