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Chapter 5 – The Dinner Party – Part 1

Sakura woke up early and found herself unable to fall back asleep. Since she wasn't able to sleep, she decided to do something productive. She sat down at her desk and started looking in the box again. But something was missing! She emptied out all the contents but couldn't find it. The Grimoire had gone missing, and Sakura had a feeling she knew who took it. Only one person came to mind, Damon.

Sakura grumbled and laid back in back, trying to figure out a way to get it back.

Sakura and Leilani headed to school and met up with Bonnie and Elena. Stefan showed up with mornings greetings.

"Hey um, I've got to find Caroline, she's not answering her phone. So, see you guys later," Bonnie took off, and Elena tried to stop her. Leilani linked her arm with Bonnie, following her along and trying to find out what was up with Caroline.

"She doesn't like me, very much," Stefan stated.

"She doesn't know you. She's my best friend, she's just looking out for me. Maybe when she does, she will love you," Elena said as they started to walk towards the school. "Here's what we're going to do. Are you free tonight?" Elena asked Stefan.

"Yes," Stefan smiled.

"Perfect! Dinner, my house 8:00. You, me and Bonnie," Elena linked arms with Sakura, "Sakura and Leilani. You guys can bond and see what a great guy you are. Mission accomplished."

Suddenly a football came flying towards Stefan. He quickly turned around and caught it. Sakura smirked as she looked at Tyler's stunned expression. Stefan threw the football back and almost knocked Tyler over in the process. The bell rang and they went inside. Sakura left them to talk while she went to her locker, where Leilani was, since hers was right next door.

"Dinner party at Elena's," Sakura told Leilani.

"Great!" Leilani giggled. The second bell rang as they entered class. Inside, Bonnie was doodling in her notebook. Sakura looked over to see what she was drawing and found out it was a bunch of numbers. Three different numbers to be more precise, 8, 14 and 22. Sakura tried to link the numbers together, but couldn't think of anything. It could be a locker combo, or it could be completely separate, there was no way to know yet.

Elena and Stefan were caught talking in class and Mr. Tanner, the history teacher asked Elena a question. Stefan answered, making Tanner mad. Tanner kept asking Stefan for different historical dates, one after another, but Stefan didn't falter. In the end, Mr. Tanner got one wrong and Stefan ended up showing him up.

It was time for cheerleading practice and Leilani was bent on joining. She dragged Sakura along, who grumbled the whole way. She made it clear that she wasn't going to join, she was only there to watch. After Leilani changed and they made it to practice, they saw Elena and Bonnie already there.

"You're rejoining the team?" Leilani squealed as she approached Elena.

"And by the looks of it you're joining," Elena smiled. She looked behind Leilani and saw Sakura standing with her arms crossed. "No chance you're joining right?" Elena asked, with a small smile.

"Of course I'm joining, you know how much I like cheering," Sakura said sarcastically.

Elena laughed and they started to do their stretching, while they waited for Caroline to arrive. She was late and showed up with Damon in his convertible muscle car.

"That must be the mystery man from the grill," Bonnie commented.

"That's not a mystery guy, that's Damon Salvatore," Sakura commented and received some questioning looks.

"Salvatore?" Bonnie couldn't believe it. "As in Stefan?" she elaborated.

Caroline got out of Damon's car. "I got the other brother," she commented as she walked by, "Hope you don't mind." "Sorry I'm late girls," Caroline started.

Sakura walked up to Damon's car before he could drive away. "Nice car," she commented.

"Thanks," Damon smiled.

"Are you here to join us or talk to my boyfriend?" Caroline snapped at Sakura.

"Hey, do you think he's Sakura's super hot ex-boyfriend Leilani mentioned?" Bonnie whispered to Elena.

"Who knows," Elena sighed.

"Neither really," Sakura answered Caroline.

"Not like you could do what we do anyways," Caroline smirked.

"Is that so," Sakura smirked. Caroline nodded and glared at her. "We'll see about that," Sakura set herself up, leaving her backpack off to the side. Damon raised an eyebrow and watched curiously. Sakura got a running start, which led into a cartwheel, followed by 3 front flips and ending with a somersault. She landed perfectly and blew a quick kiss towards them, mockingly. Caroline's mouth dropped and the girls started to cheer with awe. Sakura glanced to Damon, who winked at her before driving off. It appears that she had lost her chance to confront him.

Sakura walked by them to get to her backpack. "Awesome," Elena said as she walked by, and gave her a quick high five. Sakura leant against nearby stands and watched while she waited for it to end. Leilani had asked her to wait. Leilani was picking up the routine quickly, but Elena was having quite a bit of trouble.

"Maybe you should just watch for today," Caroline sent Elena to the back. Elena sighed and complied. Elena walked by Sakura and looked over to the football team and Stefan. They were practicing and apparently, Stefan had joined them.

"He's doing pretty good," Sakura commented, walking up to Elena.

"Yeah," Elena smiled as she watched.

Sakura and Leilani showed up at Elena's house early, and Bonnie was already there. They were setting up the food, pulling it out of fast food boxes, while Bonnie tried to convince them that she had magic, and was obsessed with three numbers.

"Putting it in a nice bowl isn't fooling anyone," Bonnie commented.

"You know, if you needed someone to cook, you could have just asked," Sakura sighed as she ate one of the potato wedges they dumped out of the box. Leilani smacked Sakura's hand, not wanting her eat before supper. Sakura pouted slightly but didn't go after anymore.

"You can cook?" Elena asked, surprised.

"Are you kidding, she's awesome," Leilani cheered. "She's a good cook and even more awesome with baking," Leilani was practically drooling.

"Maybe we will hit you up for some food next time," Elena bumped her hip against Sakura's and they laughed. They finished setting up and the doorbell rang.

"Don't be nervous, just be your normal perfect self," Elena smiled at Bonnie and went to get the door.

Leilani pat Bonnie on the back, "It's going to be fine!"

Stefan came in and they all sat down to eat. Stefan was at the head of the table, by Elena and Bonnie. Sakura was next to Elena and Leilani was next to Bonnie.

"So, did Tanner give you a hard time?" Elena asked Stefan, trying to break the silence.

"Well, he let me on the team, so. That's something right?" Stefan smiled, but he was barely touching his dinner. Sakura sighed, hoping he would eat and not waste the food.

"Bonnie, you should have seen Stefan today. Tyler threw a ball right at him," Elena started to tell her.

"Yeah I heard," Bonnie cut her off.

"Why don't you tell Stefan about your family?" Elena tried to get them to talk.

"Divorced, no mom, live with my dad," Bonnie said plainly.

"What about the witches?" Leilani wiggled her fingers to give a spooky atmosphere.

"Bonnie's family has a lineage of witches, it's really cool," Elena said.

Bonnie didn't think it was cool. Sakura raised an eyebrow and nodded her head to Bonnie, trying to tell him to say something. Stefan mention Celtic witches and they started to talk about Salem. Stefan explained how Salem witches were heroic examples of individualism and nonconforming, and he started to win Bonnie over, finally getting a smile out of her. The doorbell rang and Elena got up to answer it. Curious, Sakura and Leilani got up to see.

"Surprise, Bonnie said you were doing dinner. So I brought dessert," Caroline came in with Damon right behind her. Elena invited Caroline and Damon in.

"Hope you don't mind," he said as he entered. "Well, well, if it isn't two of some of my favourite girls," Damon walked up to Sakura and Leilani.

Leilani giggled and smiled, "Hello again Damon."

"So, you guys do know each other?" Elena wanted to confirm it.

Damon walked up behind Sakura and Leilani. He put an arm around each of them and stayed in the middle. "Are you kidding? We go wayyy back," Damon smiled as he gave them a small hug. He looked down at Sakura who glared at him slightly. "Especially this one," Damon kissed the top of Sakura's head and smirked. Sakura tensed up and tried to move away, but his grip on her was too tight.

"So you really are Sakura's hot ex-boyfriend?" Bonnie asked.

Taking this as an opportunity he smiled. Damon raised an eyebrow. "You bet," Damon released Leilani and snuggled his head against Sakura's, making her more uncomfortable. "What we had was special," Damon said being overdramatic.

Sakura rolled her eyes. "We were so, never a couple," Sakura tried to tell them, but they didn't seem to be paying attention to her.

"Maybe someday, it will happen again," Damon said holding his hand to his heart. He kissed Sakura on the cheek, and smiled.

"Stay away from him," Caroline warned. Damon stepped back and smirked. Caroline approached Sakura and shook a finger at her. "I don't care what used to be, he's mine now," Caroline growled.

Sakura sighed at shook her head. "Ladies, ladies, don't fight," Damon smiled.

They went into the living room and sat down. Caroline started to talk, which seemed to be endless. Caroline brought up Elena not cheerleading well, but was being completely insensitive.

"Do you ever shut up Caroline," Sakura couldn't handle it anymore. Damon smirked and Caroline glared at her.

"We're not doing a very good job at starting over," Caroline spat.

"We'll starting over doesn't make a difference if you don't change your attitude," Sakura stated.

"Me, change MY attitude. Sakura, you're the one with the attitude problem," Caroline growled.

"Meow, looks like we got a girl fight ready to happen," Damon said.

Sakura glared at him, "Not like she could win in a real fight," Sakura laughed.

Caroline was insulted, "I may not be that strong, but I'm scrappy."

Sakura burst out laughing, she held her hand to her head. "Really, scrappy. Scrappy doesn't get you too far," Sakura stated, still laughing. Stefan shook his head disapprovingly, but was smirking nonetheless.

"Stop it you two. This is a dinner party, try to be civil," Leilani pointed a finger at Caroline and Sakura. Sakura sighed and leaned back on the couch. She looked around a little and noticed that Damon was staring at her. She raised and eyebrow questioningly and he just smiled. Caroline waved a hand in front of Damon.

"You're here with me," Caroline whispered. Damon raised his hands defensively.

Caroline started talking again. Sakura sighed and stared up at the ceiling. Damon was there, it could be her chance to ask. But there were too many people around. Caroline blurted out about how Elena's parents had died recently. Damon mentioned they him and Stefan lost almost everyone one and hinted about Katherine. Damon was definitely there to cause trouble.

Hope you enjoyed! The dinner party continues, next time! ;D I'll start working on the next chapter as soon as I can! Hope these chapters aren't too short.