Damon comes and picks Blaise and I up. He even got a car seat. He says he hopes that he will have Blaise in his car more often. We arrive at the Lockwood's.
"Evelyn! You look smashing. Blaise looks very dapper as well." Mrs. Lockwood greets.
"Thank you, Mrs. Lockwood. This is my date, Damon." I introduce.
"Oh, well, come on in." Mrs. Lockwood invites him in.
"Lovely to meet you. I've been looking forward to this party for quite a while." Damon says with a smile.
"Well, enjoy." She replies as we walk in.
"Let's get a drink." Damon says. We head over to the bar. Damon gets himself a bourbon and me a mocktail.
"Thank you," I say as I take the drink from him.
I see Stefan and Elena arrive. Damon and I dance with Blaise for a little bit. I then have to feed Blaise. I head into Mr. Lockwood's office and feed Blaise. Damon comes with me while just talking with me. He doesn't awkwardly stare or anything. Which is nice. He takes Blaise and burps him while I readjust my dress. I give him a smile and a thank you. We decide to head upstairs to see the artifacts. Elena is looking at our parent's wedding rings. Stefan comes up behind her.
"Your parents?" He asks Elena. We walk up quietly behind them.
"There's a lot of history here." Elena acknowledges. Elena is reading the first registry.
"'The founding families in Mystic Falls welcomes you to the inaugural founder's council celebration.' Wow, look, it's the original guest registry. Look at all these familiar names—Sheriff William Forbes, Mayor Benjamin Lockwood. Is that Damon Salvatore? And Stefan Salvatore?"
"The original Salvatore brothers. Our ancestors. Tragic story, actually." Damon says jumping in. Elena spins around surprised.
"We don't need to bore them with stories of the past." Stefan tries to brush off.
"It's not boring, Stefan. I'd love to hear more about your family." Elena insists.
Caroline walks up behind us. She earlier asked Damon to dance with her, but he politely declined. He didn't want to have to hand Blaise off. He really does adore Blaise and they look amazing together. Looking at them today they look almost exactly alike.
"Well, I'm bored. I want to dance. And Damon won't dance with me. Could I just borrow your date?" Care asks Elena.
"Oh, uh..." Elena stutters looking around panicked for someone to save her.
"I don't really dance." Stefan says.
"Oh, sure he does. You should see him. Waltz, the jitterbug, the moonwalk. He does it all." Damon teases like the typical older brother. I giggle behind my hand.
"You wouldn't mind, would you, Elena?" Caroline asks again.
"It's up to Stefan." Elena passes off the question feeling uncomfortable.
"Well sorry, but I'm not going to take no for an answer." Care says to Stefan. Caroline drags Stefan downstairs to dance.
"I want to apologize to you for being such a world-class jerk the other night. There's no excuse. My therapist says I'm...Acting out, trying to punish Stefan." Damon apologizes to Elena.
"For what?" Elena asks being rude. I glare at her.
"It's all in the past. I don't even want to bring it up. Let's just say that the men in the Salvatore family have been cursed with sibling rivalry. And it all started with the original Salvatore brothers." Damon explains. "The Salvatore name was practically royalty in this town. Until the war. There was a battle here—"
"The Battle of Willow Creek." Elena interrupts.
"Right." Damon confirms.
"I know, we talked about it in class. Confederate soldiers fired on a church with civilians inside." Elena tells him.
"What the history books left out was the people that were killed. They weren't there by accident. They were believed to be union sympathizers. So some of the founders on the confederacy side back then wanted them rounded up and burned alive. Stefan and Damon had someone they loved very much in that church. And when they went to rescue them, they were shot. Murdered in cold blood." Damon tells us. I listen interested in the story.
"Who was in the church that they wanted to save?" Elena asks.
"How would he know? He wasn't there, Elena." I say frowning at her.
If I had to guess a woman Doesn't it always come down to the love of a woman?" Damon guesses.
"Look, I'm sorry that you and Stefan have this thing between you, but I can't get in the middle of it, Damon. I just...I hope you two can work it out." Elena says finally putting her foot down. Took her long enough.
"I hope so, too." Damon says. Elena walks off.
"Sorry, about her. She tends to get righteous and rude sometimes." I apologize to him.
"That's not your fault." He says taking my hand and kissing the top of it. Blaise is asleep cradled in his other arm. We both walk downstairs. Damon offers to go change Blaise. I see Bonnie alone in a room and head over. She is sitting at a table. A candle goes out. She looks at it and it re-ignites. Bonnie blows it out with a panicked look on her face.
"That was good." I compliment.
"I'm freaked out Evie. It's weird." She says.
"It's only weird if you think it's weird. If you embrace it, then its just an amazing thing that makes you unique." I say to her with a smile.
"You're an amazing friend, Evie. I don't know what I would do without you." She says smiling at me.
"Well, you don't have to find out." I reply smiling back at her. Damon comes back and we go out to meet Stefan and Caroline. Stefan is just talking to Care.
"What'd we miss?" Damon asks.
"We were just chatting. Drink, Damon?" Stefan offers.
"No, thanks, I'll pass." Damon rejects.
"Stefan, do you have another dance in you?" Elena asks walking up.
"Absolutely." Stefan agrees. Stefan takes Elena out to the dance floor.
"They look so cute together." Care observes.
"They really do." I say looking at Blaise and Damon.
Care looks at me and laughs. All of a sudden Stefan and Elena stop dancing. Elena looks pissed off. They look like they are arguing.
"You know what their arguing about?" Care asks me.
"No idea. I thought they were doing great. Becoming a great couple." I say.
"Here I thought they were the next power couple." Damon says finally joining our conversation.
"Blaise getting heavy?" I ask him.
"No, he's good. He is out thought. Didn't wake up at all well I changed him." He says.
"He's a good sleeper. Only wakes up once to be fed." I say with a smile running my finger down Blaise's cheek. Elena storms off. Damon and Stefan look at each other. "I should follow her." I run off after her and find her and Bonnie eating ice cream together.
"This is my fault. I planted doubt. I'm a doubt planter." Bonnie says taking the blame.
"It's not your fault. I just—I feel terrible because I said that I wouldn't get in the middle of it, and then that's exactly what I did. I got all snotty." Elena says finally realising what happened.
"I'm glad you realised. But now you know. Now you can avoid getting into the middle of things that have nothing to do with you." I say taking a bite of her ice cream.
"Hey! That's mine!" She exclaims pulling her ice cream from my reach.
"We're twins. What's mine is yours and all that jazz." I say waving my hand around holding a spoon. Elena and bonnie both laughs.
"Thanks, Evie." Elena thanks me for cheering her up a little.
"Elena, honey, there you are. I notice the watch still isn't in the collection." Mrs. Lockwood asks walking up to us. She really wants the pocket watch.
"Oh, um, I'm sorry, Mrs. Lockwood. I, um, I couldn't find it. I guess it's still packed up in my parents' stuff somewhere." Elena lies.
"I see. Well, please let me know if you do find it." Mrs. Lockwood says looking disappointed. She's acting very strange.
"OK." Elena lies to her pretending she agrees. Mrs. Lockwood walks away.
"Anyone else find that super weird? She was super into that watch." I ask them.
"I think you're reading to much into it." Says Elena.
"You're probably right." I agree. Letting it go but filing it away for later. I might possibly need that information. "I should head back to Damon. Who knows what trouble him and Blaise have gotten into." All three of us giggle and I head back to Damon and Care.
"How's Elena?" Care asks when I reach them.
"Doing much better now, I guess." I reply.
"I need to go upstairs for a minute." Damon says leading me upstairs. Caroline follows us.
"Okay, just a minute. Stand right...there." Damon says placing Care at the entrance. Damon starts searching through the collection of antiques.
"Um, you're not supposed to touch. What is that?" Care asks when Damon pulls out a yellow necklace. I just give him a confused look.
"A very important crystal." He says.
"Well, how did you know that it was there?" Care asks
"Because I put it there." Damon replies.
"When?" Care keeps quizzing.
"Does it matter?" I ask her.
"A long time ago. Tonight, I'm taking it back, thanks to you." Damon replies still giving her an answer.
"Well, what's it for?" Care asks him.
"I don't think that's any of our business, Care. That's solely his business." I say to her. Damon gives me a grateful look.
"Well, you can't just steal it." Care accuses.
"It's not stealing if it's mine. Come on." Damon replies honestly.
He leads me out of the room again. I head to the living room while Caroline and Damon argue. I don't want to get involved. I see Bonnie sitting there and go sit beside her.
"I'm guessing Caroline hasn't spent much time with you." I say.
"Not at all. She's spent more time with Stefan and Damon then me." She says with a sigh.
"I'm sorry you were left alone. You are more then welcome to join Damon, Blaise, and I." I offer.
"I'm good here." She says turning me down.
"Well, if it makes you feel any better, you're definitely more attractive then Stefan and Damon." I say. We both laugh. Mrs. Lockwood walks in with the catering staff.
"Look around. What's missing? The flames, the candles. Why aren't they lit? There's matches in the kitchen." She berates the staff
"Bitch." Bonnie says. I nod in agreement.
Bonnie looks at a candle and tries to light it but turns away. We both stand up and start to leave but turns back around and sees that all the candles have lit up.
"Yay!" I squeal cheering her on. I give her a hug. "I should head to the washroom before the night ends. Having Damon around is very handy."
"I couldn't agree more. Him and Blaise really do look alike. They look adorable together as well." Bonnie comments.
"I was thinking the same thing earlier." I say. I walk off to the washroom and see Caroline and Elena in there.
"Hey." Elena greets me.
"Hey." Care greets then turns back to Elena. "So how are things with Stefan?"
"Great. Just great." Elena says.
"Really? Well, my radar must be off, 'cause I was getting all sorts of other vibes..." Care replies.
Elena looks at Caroline's neck and sees something.
"What is that?" Elena asks.
"Hmm?" Care asks confused. Elena tries to lift her scarf up. "Don't!" Care tries to stop her. Elena lifts her scarf up and sees a bad bite mark.
"Oh god, Caroline, what happened?" Elena asks concerned.
"From what Care told me earlier some really good kinky sex." I say giving Care a smirk.
"See it's nothing." Care tells her fixing her scarf.
"That is not nothing! Did somebody hurt you?" Elena asks still not understanding.
"No, okay, nothing. It just...My mom would kill me if she found out I was having sex." Care says. Elena pulls down her shawl and sees another bite mark on her back.
"Did Damon hurt you?"
"No! Of course not! Just leave me alone. Okay, Elena?!" Care exclaims getting frustrated with Elena not understanding.
Elena storms out and I follow her after quickly making sure Care was okay. Elena walks outside and sees Damon. She pushes him. Damon holding on to Blaise tightly to make sure he isn't jostled too much.
"There is something seriously wrong with you. You stay away from Caroline, or I will go straight to her mother, the sheriff. You got it? Stay away from her." Elena accuses.
"Elena!" I exclaim. "One Blaise is in his arms you could have hurt him and two you need to get off your high horse. Caroline explained the situation. It was consensual. You need to butt out of situations that don't include you. Didn't you just learn the lesson not an hour ago."
Elena ignores me and walks to where Stefan is.
"I'm sorry. I take it all back. You're completely right about Damon." I hear Elena say to him.
"What did he do?" Stefan asks concerned.
"There are bruises all over Caroline's body. Bite marks, and he has her all confused and messed up in the head." Elena explains then stops seeing Stefan's lack of reaction "You don't look surprised."
"Um...I'm handling it." He says probably trying to get her to leave the issue be.
"Handling it? Stefan, you should be having him arrested." Elena insists.
"Elena, please. I...I don't expect you to understand." Stefan saus to her.
"I don't understand anything, Stefan. So why don't you just clear it up for me?" Elena says getting pissed off.
"Oh, we tried. You just won't listen." I butt in getting pissed off.
"Look, there are things that you don't know, okay? Things that I want to tell you, but I can't. And I may never be able to. And I just need you to trust me." Stefan explains a bit more.
"Trust is earned. I can't just magically hand it over." Elena says storming off again.
"I'm sorry about her Stefan. She doesn't seem to understand kink." I say with a chuckle.
"Is Blaise, okay?" Stefan asks.
"Yeah, he barely moved an inch." Says Damon walking over to us.
Damon hands me back Blaise to help sooth my worries and Stefan and I head back inside. I change him and just wonder around a bit. Seeing Jenna, I head over.
"Hey," I greet.
"You alright?" She asks me.
"Yeah, Elena's doing what Elena does. Putting her nose into a situation she isn't involved in all for the idea of what is right. Well, in her eyes." I say rolling my eyes at the end.
"What happened?" Jenna asks concerned.
"Caroline was having a sexual relationship with Damon. Elena didn't like it. She found out it was kinky and now Elena is on a war path thinking Damon is abusive and needs to go to jail." I explain.
"How does that include Elena at all then?" Jenna asks confused.
"I'm still asking that. If you find an answer, please tell me." I say with a chuckle. Jenna laughs as well.
"I don't think he's a bad guy. Strange, yes, but he's good with Blaise and seems to care for him." Jenna tells me her observations.
"I thought the same thing." I agree.
I head out to the lawn and see Elena hugging Care. I head over wondering what's going on. Care pulls away and sees me.
"Here, I found Damon's necklace. You will probably see him before me and be able to give it to him when you see him." Care says handing me the yellow gemmed necklace. Elena gives us a look of confusion, but I ignore it.
"Did Damon leave?" I ask them.
"Yeah, he did." Stefan says walking up behind us.
"He actually ditched me here?! Without a way home? I find that difficult to believe." I exclaim.
"Maybe now you will see how bad he is." Elena says with a nasty smirk on her face.
I give her a glare and stomp off to where Damon had parked his car. It's still there. Very odd. I text Damon asking if he's alright. He doesn't reply so I head home with Jenna. I tell her of my worries. She says to hold off for a couple of weeks before heading to the sheriff in case a friend just came a picked him up. Doesn't sound like him, but I agree to wait a little while before I let her know.