I read the comments and I agree, they should be a bit more rebellious, I have also reread the descripton. It says misadventures for a reason. :)
June 14th 2015
Mystic Falls
(Damon POV)
Elena moved out of the bed. I groaned. "Elena. Lillian Salvatore doesn't want any attention today."
"She wants to go sight seeing Damon." She replied, brushing her hair. I got up, scratching my neck. I had an itch and I needed to go down into the basement anyway. I walked up behind her and took the brush, grabbed some of her hair, and began to brush it for her. I wanted to finish what we started last night. I knew she wouldn't let me until she gave up, so I would do something that is almost as intimate.
"We can't follow her Elena."
"Why not? We're not spying on her, we are giving her our company."
"In case of a ripper attack? I can ask Enzo if he wouldn't mind watching her. Besides, didn't she promise or give her word or something that she'd be good? I won't have her thinking I don't trust her or that I don't respect her wishes nor will I have her thinking I don't respect her privacy. Besides, Luke and Liv are gone. Lily's gone. Stefan's not here. We have this place to ourselves. I wonder what things we can do alone, together." She smiled, beaming at me, turning around. I won over Lily.
(Klaus POV)
I have a new idea. An idea about Elena. Sure I can't kill her, without consequences, but I sure as hell can torture her. I would compel her to dream about the era when Jeremy died, what she did, how she got her emotions turned back on, how she felt afterwards up until the point that she decided she would kill Katerina. That would be sweet revenge. She would dream about it every night, while during the day she would party because I decided not kill her. Plus the Jeremy bit. The only problem with that plan was Damon and Elijah.
If they heard what I was planning with Gilbert and Petrova, they'd fly off the walls. So it must all be kept secret. I only had two more weeks to go before I could set up my revenge. I didn't care to kill her anymore, this sounded like too much fun. I just have to get Elijah to believe I forgave Elena. I knew how to do that as well. I would have to call them. I would have to collect my calm. But first… church.
(Jeremy POV)
"You four were very well behaved today at church. I am very proud of you." Klaus said, smiling at us. He kissed our foreheads before sighing. "As such, I should not distract you from your games, go play." He turned away from us and walked after Elijah. "Elijah, I have to ask for a word with you. Elijah?"
"Very well Niklaus" Elijah replied, walking with Klaus.
"I was thinking… actually we should do this in private." He grabbed Elijah's hand and led him away and into a room on the second floor. I scratched the back of my head, lost for what to do next. We'd just finished having lunch at Chili's. We'd ate inside. With Finn being exasperated at how Klaus drove so far just for lunch. I was happy, but I wasn't going to enter into a fight between the Originals.
Tyler walked over to Marcel and got him to come sit with us. Kol was playing on my Angry Birds game, Kai was typing away on his phone, and I was just sitting there being bored and confused. Tyler sat down, with Marcel.
"Marc? I have a favour to ask."
"What is it Tyler?" He asked, staring at us. From what I understood, this vampire was 200 years old, and son to Klaus. I wonder how they met. "Please let it be something I can do. You know I have limitations, just not the same as you." He looked at Tyler. He was rubbing his the back of his neck. He was about to say something he knew Marcel wouldn't like, it was a habit of his.
"Um… you know that party that Thierry is setting up? Thierry Vanchure?" Marcel's eyes narrowed dramatically, and almost instantaneously as Ty finished speaking. "Just hear me out okay? Please? As my older brother you have to do at least that." Marcel sighed, shaking his head.
"I am not going against Dad, Tyler. What could you possibly say that would change my mind?"
"It's Monday night, come on. You have today and tomorrow morning to come up with something to get us over there. This is the half mark of June. Those parties are the life of New Orleans. You have to do this, otherwise their-" He pointed at Kai and me "-not getting the full experience of New Orleans. Please. I'm begging you. I'll do something for you, if you do this for me. Please." Is Tyler begging Marcel for a party?
"Why don't you just tell Klaus about the party?" I asked.
"Because he'll say no. That's why he's begging me to sneak you guys out of the house. Like we did the first time. Remember the first time I snuck you out for a party? Dad was pissed."
"Now that you mention it, no I don't." Kol sat forward now.
"Please, for Uncle Kol?" Marcel groaned.
"Give me one good reason why I should do it."
"Because next time you mess up, I'll stand up for you. I can compel normal vampires, remember? That means I can compel you. So there you are." Marcel looked at Kol, considering it. He looked away from us.
"Fine, but do understand that Dad will find out Tyler. He always does. I might be able to take you to the party, but he will make us come back from the party and you'll regret this. As will I." He looked at the floor sheepishly. "But I'll do it. I'll find a way to get you out." He glared at the floor, it seemed he already regretted this decision.
"A party can't be that bad." Then again, Damon refuses to let me ever go to one anyway. Tyler hugged Marcel.
"Thank you Marcel, I can promise you won't regret it." He beamed, happy.
(Kol POV)
We were now watching TV. My idea. We'd convinced Marcel about the party. Sure I could go alone, I'm 'old' enough for the parties, but nothing legal is worth doing, besides if Nik does find out, nobody will find our bodies for months. It's the perfect crime. My little joke I got from a movie on the television. Jeremy and Tyler didn't appreciate it, but Kai did. That was all that mattered, that someone liked my joke.
Since the shows weren't on, we just went straight to Hulu. First the World Of Gumball. This episode is very predictable. The End. A wedding. I want a smiling sun. Though this thing about the end of the world reminded me of Silas, and killing Shane. That was fun. But then he came back and I died...
The Dress. Ooh! I've seen this one before! Public nudity? Instead of falling, the wardrobe threw him out the window. People will do anything for beautiful girl. I love this episode. I love this show! Then they see Gumball naked. So that whole thing was pointless.
NEXT! Total Drama Island! Izzy is my favourite. Trent was the perfect animated Jeremy. Katie, Eva, Noah, and someone else. Who's voted out next? HAHA! Heather's afraid of fat people! ... Sumo wrestlers. Calling people that you don't know names isn't right. Izzy's afraid of planes? Insane. Duncan? Afraid of Celine Dion standees? Ewww. Hehe. Hearther. Their using last night against them. What am I afraid of? Not dying. I've already done it. Izzy, be brave, my love! Heather's shaking! DJ's afraid of snakes? Cheesy. Their tied! NO! Their not tied anymore! I love Chris! My team is losing! NO! No fair! OH! Yes, do it Courtney. Do it, do it, do it, do it, do it! Go Courtney! ARGH! Courtney lost the game. Tyler's going home isn't he? Six people left in my team. Aw. I want more television. 'Well the fun didn't have to end there.' I thought as Katerina walked into the room.
"Guys, watch this." I whispered and they did watch me. I got up and vamped in front of her. She sighed. "Well this disproves my theory that Elijah and Katerina are always together. Good going Katerina. I'm proud of you." I said, smiling. She tried to side step me, and I followed suit with her.
"What do you want Kol?" She asked, very hostile girl.
"Just wanted to ask you about your best friend Peeaarrrllll."
"You want to ask me about Pearl?" She glared at me. I beamed at her, closing my eyes as I hummed.
"Hmm. Hmhm. How is she?"
"She's dead. So is Anna. Johnathan Gilbert thought it would be funny to kill them. He had a personal grudge against Anna. Now get out of my way. Before I make you." I widened my eyes in mock horror. I gasped.
"Oh, please don't hurt me Katerina. I promise I wasn't meaning any harm." She side stepped again, once again I followed her. "I wanna have some fun. Come on! It's not like you get to let your rage out on Nik, right? I mean, we both know who will always come out on top between him and you. Not to mention between an Original and a normal 500 year old vampire. We could beat you easy. Wanna prove me wrong?"
"Kol!" Jeremy called. "Don't!"
"Oh, no. Kol, please do." Kai called, watching intently. I pushed Katerina against the wall, not too hard. It was just a game. I'm not really going to hurt her.
"KOL!" I looked up, shit. It's Elijah. "What are you doing?"
"Playing."
"Let her by." I frowned, making myself pout.
"We were just playing Elijah. I mean, I wasn't really going to hurt her. I'm not Nik, remember?"
"No, you're not. Step away from her before I count to three Kol." I growled but moved away from her. "Thank you." He said, turning back to Katerina. "Please hurry back. I suggest not tempting Niklaus if you run into him Katerina." He turned to me again, raising his brow in warning. I looked at the floor, whining. I remember exactly what would happen if I disobeyed him. I walked back to the couch and when I looked up, they were both gone.
(Kai POV)
"What games should we play?"
"Chase Niky."
"No. Way. In. He-"
"aven. Shh. I'm not the only Original who can hear you!"
"That is what I like about you, keeping me out of 'trouble'. I think that's one of the only rules you and I have in common Tyler." I ignored them. I was too busy on my phone. Texting Luke.
'I don't know what you're talking about.'
'I'm sure you do, you creepy stalker. If you don't quit texting me or my sisters, I'm going to track you down and have you arrested.'
'As if I-' I immediately deleted those words. If I said that, he'd know it was me. I'm not the one who's supposed to be riled up by this. If I did get found out, they'd probably change their numbers. But it would be lovely to see their faces if I did. The next time I saw them. So I instead tried to think of something to type back.
(Tyler POV)
We were going to play Uno. Simple but we're running out of games that are actually in this house. I'd have to ask Dad to go out and buy more. So I shuffled the deck and then handed out the cards for everyone as we talked the rules out.
"How many rounds should we play?"
"… Three. Are we gambling? I offer up $50."
"$15."
"$10."
"We never agreed we were!"
"Well apparently we are!"
"Then I offer up $200. Beat that!"
"You're a rich kid Ty." Kol said, I shook my head sighing.
"That was a joke."
"But you still have the money to offer up like us." I looked down to see a pile of cash. I laughed, looking up and then back down, pulling out the money I had put 'on the table'. "Nothing worth doing is legal, Ty." I glared at him. He beamed. "Just kidding." We talked the rest of the rules out and soon began play.
The play order right now was Kai, Me, Jeremy, and then Kol. Kai put down a blue six. I put down a blue seven since I had two blue and two green anyway. Jeremy put down a blue skip. Oh harsh.
"Sorry man, but it's the only blue I got."
"Don't worry. No hard feelings mate." He said as Kai put down another blue. I put down my blue reverse.
"That's for Kol." I smiled. Kai smiled.
"Thanks Tyler. I just needed to get rid of one more blue." He put it down. "You guys are going down." Kol's first card was a blue 2. Jeremy put down a red 2. I had to draw two cards before I got a red 5. I put it down. I was already losing. "Uno." Kai beamed.
"This game was too short for someone to win already!" I complained. They took their turns and when it got back to me, I had to draw again. I drew three or four cards before I got a wild draw four card. "I don't remember there being these in the game." I said, putting it down. "I choose the colour green."
"DAH! Tyler!" Kai drew four more cards.
"Game's not over after all then is it?" I grinned. I saved the game, and my money. Kol put down a four.
"Uno!" Jeremy called, putting down a green seven. I put down a skip.
"In yo face!"
"Hm hm. You're real smart, beating me at Uno. Is that all your good for Tyler?" I glared at him. He smiled at me. "Still, you're the one losing." Kol frowned as he put down a reverse. "Thanks Kol." Kai put down a green 5. I put a six, Jeremy had to draw. He put down a card.
"The person with the least cards has to draw two cards. I bought this game off a buddy of mine. Okay, I won the game." Kol said, smiling, proud of himself. The winner right now was Kai. I scoffed at him. Kol put down another strange card. "Now we all draw more cards."
"I don't think you're going to win Tyler."
"I'll show you who can win!" I growled as I took my turn. Jeremy played another green skip card.
"Jeremy." Kol complained. "I have to win." He grinned, laughing. Kai took the chance to play a red skip card. I glared at my cards. Jeremy put down a red 7. Kol, a 1. Kai played a red reverse. I groaned. I can't let him win! "Relax, Ty. Relax, this game is fun." Jeremy played a blue 8. So I played a draw all card. So I had apparently made Kai have to draw more cards than just two. I smiled. Right now, Jeremy was winning. He played a wild draw four card, choosing green as his colour. So Kol was now in last place. Jeremy had to draw twice before he got a green 4.
"I'll play a yellow 4. Take that Kai."
"Okay, I'll take it. And you can draw more cards." He smiled even wider as he placed down another of those cards. So Jeremy was now in the lead again. Kol played a draw card and we all drew two cards. Jer played a yellow 6. So I played a yellow reverse.
"How's that do?" I smiled at Kai. He was just looking at me, smile still in place. Jeremy put down a draw two card, and Kol followed suit. Kai's smile widened, showing off his teeth as he put down a draw two card as well.
"I believe that just paid you for skipping me." He laughed. Kol was narrowing his eyes at us. I didn't know why. Jer played a green 9 after drawing three times. Kol put down a green 8. Kai looked at his hand, putting down a green 5.
I looked at my hand and realized, I was in last place now. In first was Kai. Damn! I played a green 7. Jeremy played a blue one. Kol smiled himself. "This should put you down a peg or two Kai. I play a Leader draw 2 card."
"Don't worry, so do I. That means you and Jeremy." I put down a leader draw two card myself.
"That leaves you."
"Yeah… but I'm still winning." Then went the game, me and Kai poking at each other until Kai actually did win.
"See? I'm better than you at everything." He taunted, grinning at me. I jumped on him, raising my fist in the air when I heard Uncle Elijah and Daddy. Why do they always show up when something is going down?
"No!" I felt someone pull me off Kai.
"Bad Ty Ty. That's a big no no. You do not hit your friends. No matter how angry you are." I felt Daddy smack me. "Go to your room in and stand in the corner, you can come out when you calm down. That goes for you too Malachai." He stared at Daddy. I just left the room, doing as I was told.
(Klaus POV)
"I didn't do anything. I was just having some good competition with him." I shook my head.
"That is not what I saw." I replied and Elijah gave his own answer.
"Go to your room, as you were told to." I huffed at him.
"Why? There are a lot of corners in this house." I need patience. I saw Kol budge Jeremy and they fled from the room, at a walking pace. I crossed my arms.
"Yes, but I want you in one in your room. That was inappropriate behaviour with your friend."
"He doesn't know how to take a joke." I grabbed his wrist, turned him around, and delivered a few smacks to his backside.
"That was no joke, you were purposefully trying to provoke him. Do as your told Malachai. You can come out when you feel ready to play nice." He looked at me, with a mix of displeasure and anger in his eyes. He walked past me and Elijah followed him. I smiled. That meant it was my chance to escape the house. So I did.
I walked around the city, waiting for Stefan to find me, he had been tailing Kara today. I couldn't keep meeting her in the same place everyday. So now I was excited when Stefan walked up to me. He leaned into me, whispering in my ear.
"She's at the ice cream parlour. Baskin Robbins."
"Which one?"
"406 North Carrollton Avenue" He left after telling me that. I nodded. So there I went.
When I reached the place, in less than two minutes because I didn't want them to leave before I could see her, I saw her standing in line. Hmm. This is the perfect chance to look like a gentleman. I snuck in and compelled the other people to ignore me cutting in line.
"That will be-"
"On me." I handed over my card, smiling at her, and apparently yes, her son. She stared at me.
"No, I can pay for it."
"No, I insist, let me."
"No, seriously, it's fine. I'll buy it." I grabbed her hand, kissing the top of it, like I did Katerina back in the 1400s. She smiled, even if it was a weak one.
"Here's your card sir." I took it and put it in Kara's hand that I turned over. I closed her fingers on the card. She slowly looked away. I led her and her son away from the line.
"Van, sit and eat, I need to deal with the vampire."
"You can't deal with Klaus on your own." He tried only once.
"Please, Van." He nodded, sat down with his ice cream, and began to eat. Kara walked outside. I smiled, and humming, I followed her out of the building. "What do you want now?"
"Only to see my beautiful goddess." I smiled. "And some ice cream. I think you should eat yours before it melts." She stared at me, hard. She shook her head.
"Not until I find out what it really is that you want." I frowned, putting on a sad face, sighing.
"Can't you believe me about wanting nothing more than to see you?"
"No. There is always a second motive to the things you do." I nodded, looking away from her.
"I suppose it is easier to take the easy way out. It's hard to get to know someone, especially if your people hate that person. It doesn't matter how they feel." I looked back at her, hurt. "I have no second motive to what I am doing, darling. If there is a second motive, it's because you're… you… I like you. I do have feelings, despite what others may tell you." I sighed. "Keep the card. You deserve it. I hope you and Van have a nice time together." I turned around and headed off. She soaked in my words, I knew because of her next words.
"Klaus." I turned around half way to look at her, eyes wide in curiosity. "Van is my son." She smiled, really smiled, before going inside the restaurant. I smiled weakly as she left me. Kara, oh Kara, if only you could see the way I feel about you. I turned away from the building before smirking. I was cracking her defences, if only a little. To get where I wanted to be, it would take a hell of a lot more effort.
(Kol POV)
Jeremy and I were setting up the next game when Kai and Tyler walked back into the room. I'd heard them being scolded by Elijah. I frowned, synthetically. "Sorry about Nik and Eli. They can be quite harsh when they want to. Especially Nik. Are you okay?" Tyler gulped, nodding as he looked at the floor. Kai on the other hand, smiled.
"Very okay. Thank you for the concern."
"What game are we playing Uncle Kol?"
"Hey, I said call me Kol. Uncle is too formal." He smiled. "We are playing Sorry." I beamed at that. "No pun intended."
"No, we're playing Memory." Jeremy said, still splaying the tiles.
"Exactly, 'Sorry' I have a bad 'Memory'" I laughed and Kai joined in.
"You have a bad memory? As an Original?"
"No, you three are human, I am a Vampire. One of the top dogs mate."
"Why didn't you tell me you were an Original from the beginning Kol?" I dropped my head in shame, turning to face Jeremy.
"Because I knew you would hate me." Jeremy blinked.
"Would not."
"Well you wouldn't give me a chance, that much is true." I replied, looking up, reaching for a tile. He smiled.
"Kol, I can see you cheating."
"Cheating is such a harsh word. A strong word." Something popped into my head. I looked up at Kai and Tyler, who were just now sitting down. Kai more gingerly but still.
"One thing Uncle Kol wants though is for Tyler and Kai to choose a Pandora station to play while we play the game. Jeremy wanted to play Justin Bieber." Jer threw a tile at me.
"Did not!" I chuckled as he crawled over to get it.
"Here is the computer. I got it just for music."
"You bought it or you took it from a room?"
"From a room, it's already been bought. Bought it in Denver. It's my class computer… that I used to ignore the heck out of the teachers. Nik sent me to watch Jeremy-"
"SPY on me Kol."
"… potato, pototo." I grinned, "He didn't say I had to join the school but I did as a whim because I wanted to get to know him. And so voilà. Klaus adopted you, and you're here because Damon took you or something. All I care about is that we're together. Now find a station please. Not Disney." I occupied myself by looking up a game of Sudoku. After a few minutes Jeremy spoke.
"The game is ready." Jeremy replied as music bursted out loud, playing a song. I looked up. They were on YouTube.
"I said Pandora. That's fine too, if you're okay with changing the song as soon as the first one's over." I looked up, innocently. They shrugged.
"Looking for inspiration. Who goes first?"
"'The youngest player goes first. Players then take turns, to the left, turning any two cards picture side up. The cards must be turned over completely, so all players can see them. A player makes a match if the two cards turned picture side up are identical. When a match is made, the player takes both cards and places them in front of him/her. That player takes another turn, and continues taking turns until he/she misses. A player misses if the two cards turned picture side up are not identical. That player's turn ends. All players should try to remember which cards were turned over for future matches. The game continues until all possible matches have been made and those cards have been removed from the playing area. All players then count up their matching pairs. If you have the most pairs of matching cards, you win."
"So we need a referee. ELIJAH!" He vamped into the room. I smiled, a bit shy that actually worked. "We need a referee… can you be that referee? You'll be able to watch us play, and make sure no more fighting happens." He smiled.
"I suppose I could. May I see the directions?" Jeremy handed them over. "Thank you Jeremy." He sat down at the table… we were playing on the floor. Why not? It's quite fun anyway. He sat down to read them and then Katerina walked in.
"Elijah?" Her tone was confused, as if to imply 'Why did you leave/what was that for?'. He looked up.
"Come help me referee if you would like. Are the cards set up properly Jeremy?"
"Yeah." He stood and walked over, he bent down and took one, quickly covering it with his hand so we couldn't see which one he took. He smiled when he looked at the card.
"You may play the game now. Youngest first, that means you Jeremy." Jer picked up two cards and so the game began. Tyler and Kai changed the station, to signify the beginning of the game. So it sounded anyway.
Tyler's first successful pair was spiderwoman or something. We were using Superhero tiles, that was the trick. Kai's first successful pair was two Xs. Jeremy's first pair was a crocodile. My first pair was soul surfer.
At the end of the game, you could tell what card Elijah took. The other picture of Thor's head. So we counted out our pairs to see who had won. Jeremy had 9 pairs, Tyler had 8 pairs, Kai had 11 pairs, and I had 7 pairs. Kai had won… again. Today was his lucky day. Tyler was trying to keep calm. I still remember Kai taunting Ty. It wasn't fair for him. Nik punished both of them at least, for the fight.
(Kai POV)
Tyler wasn't happy. Well I've beat him. However, the game turned into something more of a cry for help for all of us, since we apparently had horrible memory when it came to flipping little cards over. Otherwise, I'm sure we'd do fine remembering things. Besides, Kathterina kept moving the cards when there were empty slots in the cards.
Now we were watching TV… again. The Quest from Gumball first. Is it wrong of me to say I wish it were over sooner so that Monday would come? It's a first isn't it? Liking Monday? Think I might have seen this one. Those eyes never helped me. Now that is what I call a T Rex. That one is huge. The Spoon. I've seen this one. I don't want to watch this anymore. But texting wouldn't work. I've already done that.
Total Drama Island. Brilliant. Good job Heather. Nothing worth doing is legal. Izzy. Quicksand or sinking sand? Either he's faking or it's very cheesy. Izzy has a warrant out for her arrest. Awesome. So she's kind of kicked off the show.
Then Kol put on a show that we've not watched before, at least, not together. Adventure Time.
"I welcome you to cool Finn. He's awesome."
Royal promise? Those people look delicious. Their real candy and sweets? He's a liar. He's a genius. I love Finn. Another episode? Awesome. Werewolf rules? I found that funny. Acid trip, has to be. Or a cartoon... My parents are horrible idiots. Worse than mine? Sweet.
"See? Cool Finn is awesome!"
"That's enough TV guys." I looked up to see Elijah. Hmm.
(Tyler POV)
We were having dinner now. Fish and French fries. With gravy and ketchup. "It's a dish I picked up along the years. I cooked it, I thought you would like it. It's called Fish and Chips." Daddy said, talking to us about the food. I thought it was brilliant. But why is it called fish and chips?
"Thank you. It's great."
"I agree. I didn't know you could cook." Genevieve said, batting her eyes at him. Um… he coughed, taking a sip of his drink.
"Yes, well… I learned how to cook over the years. Being a 1000 years old and running out of things to learn or do can lead to learning some amazing things Gen."
"How much do you know?"
"More than you." He smiled at her. She turned her head away as she ate her own food.
"What else did you do while you were alone Niklaus?"
"Things not meant to be heard by others ears. Especially yours. Just consider me happy you can't compel me." He smirked his usual smile. He quickly began to eat again.
"That implies you have something to hide."
"Don't we all." He replied. I looked down at my plate. … He couldn't possibly know about the party could he? No, it's impossible. He's Klaus, an Original, nothing's impossible. "Don't. We. All." He smirked at Uncle Elijah. They continued to talk but I didn't want to listen anymore. "Again. Kai, Tyler, Kol, Jeremy. When dinner is over, go to bed. Tomorrow, you can go to bed like usual." I find it funny I don't care if he sends me to bed early. "Elijah, once upon a time, you would have killed Elena if Stefan, Rebekah, and Damon hurt Katerina. Pray tell, what changed your mind?"
"Niklaus, I thought this conversation was over."
"I don't want it to be over until Elena has been punished. The Silas incident is irrelevant to the matter, Elijah."
"I say you should listen to Elijah, Niklaus." Finn was butting in. Expect some real drama there. Time to leave. I finished my dinner, emptying my glass before getting up to go take a bath.
(Jeremy POV)
I was getting dressed for bed now. We weren't really doing much, but I was happy today was over… now. Since I heard Tyler have Marcel promise to take us to some party hosted by Thierry. I only ever met that guy once.
I went into the room and got on one of the beds before lying down, closing my eyes as my head hit the pillow. "Do you kids need anything before you go to sleep?"
"Nothing."
"I'm fine."
"Jeremy? Kai?"
"I'm good."
"Me too."
"Then… good night."
(Damon POV)
"Elena, Damon, I want to thank you for letting me have some time to myself. I have found our home and I was wondering if or how did our old house come to such ruin? It would have been wonderful to let you see the house." She was disappointed.
"Don't worry Mother. You're welcome. The house was reclaimed by nature. This house is now mine." Or might as well be. We'd put the house in Elena's name once and then she died. … "Can we change the subject please?"
"Very well. How have the Lockwoods been doing? Or the Gilberts? You know your Father and I were close friends with them." I beamed, for once she said something that implied she was my mother. I nodded.
"That abusive old fool had another woman. There's someone else out there, there has to be. Why else could there be a Zach or whatever his name was. He died, of a heart attack or something. The Lockwoods had been doing good but then two or three years ago, they mistook Richard Lockwood as a werewolf, and Carol Lockwood drowned Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. The Gilberts, they have been doing great, even if the adults are dead, we still have Elena Gilbert from John Gilbert and Jeremy from Grayson Gilbert. They both died, one from a car crash and the other a heart attack or something. He just fell down dead." I looked at Elena, apologetically. I hadn't meant to bring up her parents. She was thinking. She'd stopped paying attention at the mention of the Lockwoods and the Salvatores. That I was thankful for.
"Oh. I did not know. Elena, I am sorry for your loss." I frowned, trying to egg her on, she was on a roll with this mother thing. Elena looked up at her, confused, but still answered.
"Thank you, Lily."
"Who is the Mayor right now Damon?"
"Ruddy Hopkins." Elena shook her head. I looked at her. Ruddy was dead. Silas killed him. Then who's Mayor now? I've never thought about that. I looked at Lily. "Okay, Mom… there is no Mayor right now, the council got blown up and so no one knows who to put in charge. So… Ric and I are the ones protecting this town." She was horrified.
"We have to do something about that. This city needs a council. Every city has a council." She replied, standing up and walking up the stairs. I looked at Elena, before getting up and following my mother.