Early the next morning, Margret woke up to her cell phone ringing. She answered it. "Hello?"

"Hey, Margie." She heard her sister say on the other end of the line. "Sorry it's early, but I had to ask you something."

"Okay, shoot." Margret said, rubbing her eyes and trying to wake up.

"What if someone you knew had hidden part of his past from you?"

Margret was wide awake now. "Does this have to do with Stefan?"

"I was reading this journal I found at the lake house last night and he wrote that Stefan had attacked him."

"I think you should let him explain things." Margret told her.

"I know."

"Did you also know Tyler left town?"

"No, I didn't." Elena said. "I guess those other werewolves made mistake when they tried to get him to kidnap me yesterday."

"Wait, they did what?" Margret asked.

"I'm okay, I swear." Elena told her. "A little shaken, but they didn't get to me. Anyway, I should go. We got into a fight last night and I don't want this trip to end badly for us."

A few hours later, Margret met Alex at the Grill. "Hey."

"Hey." Alex said. "Why'd you run out last night?"

"We ended up having to take Luka to the hospital." Margret lied. "But he's better now."

"Good, cause I was worried something may have happened." Alex said. Margret glanced over his shoulder and noticed Bonnie and Jeremy talking and smiling. Alex turned around and noticed them.

"He sure seems happy."

"Yeah, what's the deal with them?" Alex asked her. "Are they seeing each other now? How are you handling it?"

"One at a time, Alex." Margret said. "He's had a crush on her for a while now. I think it's cool if they are."

"I'm guessing your big sister doesn't know yet." Alex said.

"You guessed right." Margret said. "But it's not my place to tell her."

"Well, I'm glad everything's okay." Alex said.

"So am I." Margret admitted.

"So, you wanna hang out tonight?" Alex asked. "We could meet back here later."

"Are you asking me out?" Margret asked him.

"Yeah, I am."

"I think it's a great idea." Margret said. "Pick me up around six."

"Okay." Alex said. He got up. "I've gotta go, I have practice."

"Okay, later." Margret said as he left. As she watched him leave, she noticed a group of people talking at a nearby table. She realized it was Damon and her history teacher. She watched as Jenna and a man she didn't recognize join them. After a few minutes, the group separated and left.

She walked over to Damon. "What's going on?" She asked him.

"I'm guessing you saw us talking."

"Seriously, what is going on, Damon?" Margret asked.

"We're planning to take Elijah down." Damon said. "Or rather, I am."

"How are you going to take down an Original vampire?" Margret asked him.

"My girlfriend invited him over to my place tonight. Your aunt and Ric will be there, too. Trying to keep things normal."

"So that's your temporary girlfriend." Margret said. He looked at her. "It's okay, I know you're into my sister. This stays between us."

"Anyway, I know a way to take care of this. I'd invite you, but I don't want to put you at risk, too."

"Actually, I have a date tonight." Margret said. "But I'm still worried he may try to hurt Elena."

"I'll let you know everything that's going on with us." Damon told her. "Trust me, none of us want anything to happen to her."

"Thanks." Margret said.

That night, Margret had picked out her date outfit. She decided on a green sundress with heather-grey leggings and flats to match. There was a knock on her door. "Come in." She said, adjusting the last clip in her hair.

"Wow, you look nice. Where are you going?" Her brother asked.

"I've got a date with Alex." Margret told him. "I really want this to work out, you know?"

"Of course."

"Anyway, what brings you up here?" Margret asked. "You never come up here for no reason."

"Just thought I should let you know, Bonnie's coming over tonight." Jeremy told her. "I'm helping her practice, since she was feeling tired from yesterday's spell."

"That's cool." Margret said. Just then, the doorbell rang. "Well, see you later, bro."

"Good luck tonight." Jeremy told her.

She answered the front door. "Wow. You look amazing." Alex told her.

"Thank you. You don't look too bad yourself." Margret said.

"Ready to go?"

"Yeah."

"So, how's everything going at home?" Alex asked as they started to walk. "Anything new?"

"Apart from the fact my brother's on a date, too, not really."

"You twins are kinda similar, aren't you?"

"To be fair, neither of us knew the other had a date until we told each other." Margret said.

Later on, Margret and Alex were sitting at the Grill. "Yeah, it's kind of weird seeing Jeremy and Bonnie together, but I'm still happy for them, you know?"

"Yeah, I get it. I had the same reaction when I found out Rob was into Amy." Alex said.

"Sorry, should I change the subject?" Margret asked, wondering if she was boring him.

"No, you know I'm always here to listen to you." Alex said. "Besides, if we weren't talking about this, we'd probably be talking about the sports game."

Margret laughed. "You're probably right." They talked for a while, then Margret felt her phone vibrate. She glanced at the message:

There's a slight issue with the plan, but we're working on it-D

Margret looked up and saw that Alex had gone to the bathroom. She texted Damon back.

What is going on over there?

She was texted back instantly:

If a vampire uses the dagger, he'll be killed with the other person

"Hey, you okay?" Margret looked up and was surprised Alex had returned.

"Yeah, I'm just concerned about Elena." Margret said. "I'm worried she may be in…" She paused, considering her words carefully. "I'm worried she could be in trouble."

"Yeah, what's up with her, anyway?"

"I can't really explain, but I have the feeling someone's out to get her." Margret said. "The others are doing everything they can to protect her."

"That explains so much."

"I'm sorry, this date hasn't really been what you were expecting." Margret said.

"Hey, that's okay. Nothing is going to be perfect." Alex pointed out.

"How come you're always so cool with everything?" Margret asked. "I mean, even when your date plans go wrong…"

"When you really like someone, all that small stuff doesn't matter." Alex said.

"Wow, who knew you were so…deep?" Margret asked. Alex reached over and grabbed her hand. Just then, she received another text. She looked at it with her free hand:

We need you to get to the lake house ASAP-E.

"I'm sorry, I gotta go. It's my sister." Margret said. She got up.

"I understand." Alex told her. "Go for it."

"But…"

"Hey, I had a great time hanging out with you tonight." Alex said. "Besides, it's not like we're not going to go out on another date."

"Thanks." Margret said. She kissed him on the cheek before leaving. As she headed out of the Grill, she noticed a familiar blue car pull up.

"Need a ride?" She heard Damon ask.

"How'd you know?"

"Elena found out if the dagger doesn't stay in place, the Original will wake up and I've got the feeling he's going to pay her a visit." Damon explained.

"I'm in." Margret said. "I promise, I'll stay hidden." She got into the car.

Which is how she found herself hiding in her parents old room at the lake house. She flinched when she heard something hit the door downstairs. "It's okay, he can't hurt you as long as you stay in here." Damon said.

"How do you…" Margret began, nearly panicking.

"We need to be invited in or we can't enter." Damon told her.

"So that part is true. I thought Jeremy was kidding at the time." Margret said. "It was when he was dating that dark haired girl."

"Look, do you trust Elena?"

"With my life." Margret told him.

"Then trust that she knows what she's doing here." Damon told her.

As soon as she heard the sound of something hard fall, she ran out of the room. Damon followed her. She found Stefan and Elena on the ground and a greyed-body next to it. She recognized him from earlier at the Grill.

"So this is the guy that was after her."

"Not anymore, he's not." Damon said. "Little tip. Don't pull the dagger out."

"Let's get him out of here."

"Are you okay?" Margret asked, looking at Elena.

"Yeah, but I don't feel too good."

"Help me get her to the car." Stefan told her. "Damon, you take care of…"

"I got it." He told him.

They met back in the basement of the Boarding House. Damon picked up a white rock that seemed to be on Elijah. "What do we have here? A little moonstone bar of soap. I'll hold on to this."

"I think you people should get rid of it." Margret said. "I mean, that thing's caused all this trouble."

"So, that's it. I mean, as long as we keep the dagger in there, then he stays dead." Elena said.

"Pretty much."

"Ok, then... Good night." They started to walk out of the room. "You know, you guys want me to fight, fine, I'll fight. But if we're gonna do this, you can't keep anything from me anymore." She told them. "From this moment on, we're doing it my way."

"That seems fair."

"You know I'll support you no matter what, sis." Margret pointed out.

"Okay."

"Okay." Elena left the room.

"Seems like she's had a change of attitude." Damon said. "How did you get through to her?"

"I told her a little story about when I was making the wrong decisions and somebody showed me there was a better way." Stefan told him.

"Lexi?"

"Wow, you know some pretty weird people."

"What are you still doing here?"

"Uh, I need a ride home." Margret pointed out. "I told Jeremy I'd be home…two hours ago." She sighed. "Jenna's going to kill me."

"Hey, what's going on down here?" Alaric asked, entering the room.

"Yeah, I kinda got dragged into this." Margret said.

"You wouldn't mind dropping her off, would you?"

"Of course not. After what John did, taking her home is the least of my problems."

"Thanks for helping her."

"Hey, I'm always looking out for you guys." Damon said. Margret left the room, hoping that their problems would be over for now.