The next morning Damon and I, is in the study, reading through Emily's grimoire. Stefan enters the room with an anxious look on his face. Damon doesn't look up at him. I quickly glance then look back down.
"Anna took Elena." Stefan says.
"Yeah, I got that from your 600 voice mails." Damon replies. Stefan strides across the room towards Damon.
"Damon, all night long, every single street in town, I've been searching. What if your blood hasn't passed out of her system?" Stefan asks.
"Well, then at least you know you'll see her again." Damon replies.
"I'm pretty sure it has. That small of an amount would have passed in less then 24 hours." I say knowing from when Damon explained things to me.
"Please. Evie. She's your sister. You have to convince Damon." Stefan pleads sitting down on the sofa on Damon's side. "What do you know? You were with Anna, you must know where's she living. Just tell me where I can find her."
"I have a sister? My sister wouldn't lie to me. My twin would support me. My womb mate actually gave a shit about helping people find happiness." I tell him. "She is not my sister."
"Nope. You can go. Really." Damon says looking up at him. Stefan starts on Damon realizing I won't budge.
"You know, all I can remember is hating you. There might have been a time when that was different, but your choices have erased anything good about you." Damon lays the grimoire down and gives his attention to Stefan. "But see, I also know you have just as much reason to hate me. This all began with me. Katherine got taken away from you because of me. And I'm sorry."
"Apology accepted." Damon says.
"So please, just tell me what you know." Stefan says.
"Huh." Is all Damon says.
"Turns out you got a great apology just to give him information. Doesn't seem like he actually thinks that." I say looking at Damon.
"It's Elena, Damon, Evie. If you know something, tell me." Stefan pleads us.
Damon stands up and Stefan stands as well, looking at Damon with anxiety.
"I mean this sincerely." Stefan nods, anticipating his answer. "I hope Elena dies."
Damon walks past Stefan, leaving the room. I get up and follow him.
"Damon, I may be mad at her but I don't want her to die." I say to him when we are in the other room.
"I imagine she was taken for leverage to get into the tomb. You can't have leverage with a dead body." Damon says expertly. "When we open the tomb you will be at home with Blaise. It would be dangerous for you."
"Fine, I can do my phone calls, then. That way we can go right into saving your friend after." I say.
"Enzo." Damon says.
"What?" I ask.
"That's his name, Enzo."
"Enzo it is." I get stay at the house for the day while Damon heads out. I do some baking to pass the time and call a doctor that's in the journal.
"Hello?" Wes Maxfield answers.
"Hi, it's Evelyn Gilbert. I'm Grayson Gilberts daughter." I greet.
"Evelyn. How are you? I'm so sorry about your loss." Wes replies.
"I'm alright. Before my dad passed he told me about Augustine and the studies ground breaking studies they've been doing." I say.
"It truly is incredible. You father must have thought you could handle the passing of the torch as they say."
"Yeah, I was hoping to come down to the college and take a look at the facility. My dad was talking about 12144. He said he was doing experiments on him." I cross my fingers hoping my information isn't that far off.
"He did tell you a lot. Of course you can come to look around. I would be more then happy to give you a your." We replies taking the bait. He seems excited.
"Thank you. How does two days from now sound?" I ask.
"It sounds fantastic. I can't wait to see you." He says hanging up the phone.
Damon comes back.
"Hey I have a tour in two days. He also didn't correct me on the patient. So, I'm pretty sure he's still alive." I tell him.
"Okay, sounds good." Damon says seeming distracted.
He puts on his leather jacket, preparing to leave. Elena enters the room and removes her scarf. We both looks up at her. I have my laptop out and I'm researching the campus. I'm trying to make as much of a plan of attack as I can before hand.
"I'm gonna have to change the locks. You stage a jailbreak?" Damon asks her. I sigh in relief quietly that she's okay. Damon picks up the grimoire.
"Stefan." Elena says.
"Ah, brother. Ever the white knight." Damon replies.
"I convinced Bonnie to help you." Elena tells him. I look up to watch her. I want to know if she's lying again.
"I doubt that." Damon says not agreeing. He positions himself in a way that I'm in his vision to see my cues. Elena walks around the edge of the study towards the stairs, leading to the sunken part of the room where Damon is.
"I'm not gonna say that I'm sorry we got the grimoire without you last night, because I'm not really." Elena says. I nod agreeing that she's telling the truth.
"Well, at least you're honest." Damon replies after seeing my nod.
"I was protecting the people I love, Damon. But so were you, in your own, twisted way. And as hard as it is to figure, we're all on the same side, after the same thing." Elena tells him.
"No we are very clearly not Elena that's not true." I reply with anger. Elena descends the stairs.
"Not interested." Damon says. Damon starts to leave the room.
"Yes you are, because you were willing to work with us yesterday." Elena says.
"Fool me once, shame on you." Damon replies turning around.
"Okay, when we were in Atlanta, why didn't you use your compulsion on me?" Elena asks trying to prove a point. Damon places the grimoire on a table and walks towards Elena, crossing his arms.
"Who's to say I didn't?" Damon taunts.
"You didn't. I know you didn't. But you could have. You and I...we have something. An understanding. And I know that my betrayal hurt you, different from how it is with you and Stefan, but I'm promising you this now, I will help you get Katherine back." Elena tells him.
"I wish I could believe you." Damon groans. I nod to him. Elena unclasps her necklace, takes it off, and holds it in her hand, showing it to Damon.
"Ask me if I'm lying now." Elena dares him. Elena places the necklace down on a table and waits for Damon to respond. I roll my eyes at her dramatics.
"You know Anna won't stop, by the way, no matter what I do." Damon informs her.
"Then we'll deal with it." Elena says confidently.
Damon picks up Elena's necklace and hands it back to her.
"I didn't compel you in Atlanta because we were having fun. I wanted it to be real. I'm trusting you. Don't make me regret it." Damon says walking away.
"What are you doing Evie?" Elena asks seeing me back to focusing on my laptop.
"A different project." I say dismissing her. I keep taking notes of things I should memorize. I get the blueprints of the college to look at and study them to memorize them. Damon texts me.
Hey, we are doing this tonight. Head home encase something goes wrong. Only Stefan, Anna, and myself can get in to the house.
Alright I'll head out right now. Please come by after. No matter what happens.
I love you and Blaise. First choice.
We love you too. First choice.
Damon and I started texting each other first choice to reference that we are each others first choice always. I put Blaise in the car and drive home. I walk in the door.
"Didn't go to the party?" Jenna asks me.
"No, Damon had something he needed to do tonight. He didn't want me partying in the woods. Might be dangerous with the recent deaths." I sort of lie.
"He definitely cares about your safety." Jenna says.
"That's no lie." I say sitting on the couch next to her with Blaise in his playpen in front.
"You got any plans tonight?" Jenna asks.
"I believe Damon is stopping by later." I reply. " Did dad ever tell you about his work at Whitmore?"
"No, sorry. He never really talked about it. Why?" She asks.
"I was just curious. He mentions it in his journal." I say vaguely. We just watch a rerun of the office. Eventually Jer and Elena come back in.
"What happened?" I ask seeing Jer holding his head. Elena mouths 'later' to me.
"I guess I fell and hit my head." Jer replies with a shrug.
Elena grabs him a glass of water in the kitchen while I help him up the stairs to his room. I grab him an aspirin from the washroom. Elena's heading into his room as I walk back in. We both hand the aspirin and water to him.
"How's your head?" Elena asks.
"Uh- it's alright. I just...I wish I knew how I passed out. I didn't drink that much, I swear." Jer says taking the pills.
"And you don't remember anything?" Elena asks.
"The whole things pretty cloudy. I just...I know how this looks. I'm - I'm sorry." Jer apologizes.
"No, Jeremy, don't be sorry. You didn't do anything, okay?" Elena checks.
"Yeah, okay." He agrees.
"I've got to head on over to Bonnie's for a little bit, but is there anything that you need?" Elena asks being a good big sister.
"No, I'm just...I'm gonna crash." Jer lies to her.
"Jenna and I are both here. We have him." I say touching her shoulder. Elena leaves and gestures that she wants to talk to me. I lean down and whisper to Jer. "I'll be right back. Love you." I leave the room closing the door behind me.
"What did you tell him?" She asks.
"That I love him," I say leaving stuff out. She can tell when I'm lying. She can't tell when I leave stuff out.
"Anna hit him over the head and threatened him. She wanted her mother back." Elena explains. "Damon's probably leaving as well. Katherine wasn't in the tomb."
"I don't think he will leave, but thanks for the heads up." I say.
She just shakes her head and leaves probably not having time to argue right now. I head back into Jer's room and see him still lying in bed. He's just staring at the ceiling. I sit on his bed my back against his head board feet stretched out.
"So, she tell you what happened?" He asks turning to me.
"Yeah, Anna attacked you and used you as leverage to get her mother out of the tomb." I tell him with an apologetic look.
"Really? I thought she actually liked me." He says disappointedly.
"From what I saw I think she did. But she wanted her mom back more. Which is understandable. If you have forgive her you could still have a relationship, but that's up to you to decide what's a deal breaker." I explain to him what I know. "Do you want some time?"
"Yeah, I do." He says sadly.
"Alright, I'll be in my room. I imagine Damon will be there shortly if you have anymore questions or details you want." I offer.
"Thanks Evie." Jer says "You always take my opinion in mind. You also always tell me the truth no matter how pissed people will be at you."
"It's my job to protect you Jer. I can't protect you if you don't know the danger you're in. If you don't know you will do things that put you in danger without even knowing. I know Damon and I have talked about telling Jenna even." I tell him.
"I think you should." Jer agrees.
"Alright, Damon and I will sit her down and do that. We also want to sit you down and tell you a few other things as well, but that will be for another time. You focus on what happened tonight." I say.
He nods and I head back downstairs getting a sleeping Blaise. I bring him upstairs to his crib. Damon texts me telling me he is here. I run downstairs to let him in. Jenna just looks at us then looks back at her show. Damon looks rough. I imagine she sees that. We head up to my room I close the door and crawl into bed. I sit the same way as I did in Jer's room only this time I put a pillow behind me. Damon just cuddles up to my stomach.
"I heard," I tell him.
"Elena?" he asks.
"Yeah, she seemed to think you weren't coming back though." I say.
"No, if anything I would pack you and Blaise up then we would all disappear, but you need to finish high school first." He replies.
"How do you feel?" I ask.
"Hurt, upset. But not heartbroken. I don't feel as hurt as I thought I would." He answers.
"I'm glad." I say. "Distraction?"
"Yeah, tell me anything." He says with a sigh.
"Well, I don't think you were listening earlier when I said I have an appointment for a tour of the facility in two days. I also am pretty sure Enzo is still alive."
"You do? How?"
"I mentioned his number on the phone and they didn't tell me that he's gone."
"That's good news."
"I also talked to Jer about telling Jenna. He agrees we should. We will have everything covered and no stupid mistakes if Jenna knows."
"Very true. Now that I know Katherine has been out this whole time, I know she will create trouble." He says. "When are you going for your vervain tattoos?"
"I was thinking either tomorrow or before or after my tour of the facility."
"Good. I want you protected. We will have to figure out a way to get vervain in Blaise. Not that people will think to compel him. But I would rather be safe then sorry."
"Yeah we can think on that." I reply.
I scoot down to lie with him to just cuddle for the night. I know he won't want to be alone tonight. He gets up and gets Blaise putting him in between us. I don't normally like spending the night with Blaise in the bed, but Damon needs him.