Shortly after Eliza left Elena decided to head over to the Salvatore house to talk to Stefan about everything. Standing in the driveway after getting out of her car she hesitated cause of how cold she was to him earlier that day.

Making her way to the door she rang the bell and waited for him to answer if he was home.

"It's open come on in!," as Elena heard that she entered the house cautiously.

"Oh my god," Lexi was frozen as she walked down the hall and came face to face with Elena.

"How uh who?,"

"I'm Elena, who are you?,"

"Lexi friend of Stefan and Jackie,"

"Is he here?,"

"He's in the shower, um do you want to wait?,"

"No,"

"I'll tell him you stopped by,"

"That's ok," Elena was unnerved as she left getting back in her car for some reason upset.

Stefan was upstairs getting dressed when Lexi came running back up into the room.

"Are you out of your freaking mind?,"

"What are you talking about?,"

"I just met Elena," Lexi said as she walked over grabbing the picture of Katherine waving it in the air.

"You have some serious explaining to do," Lexi went and got dressed before they had this conversation.

"You have some serious emotional damage,"

"No it's not what you think she's not Katherine,"

"Then they're related cause they could be twins,"

"I don't know,"

"You don't know? Does Lia know she is sister's with her killer's look a like? You didn't find out,"

"No maybe I don't want to know, I have no desire to tie Elena to Katherine. Ok yes yes the resemblance is what drew me in but that's it. Katherine and Elena may look the same on the outside but on the inside they are completely different,"

"Oh so Elena's not a raging bitch then huh," Lexi said fixing her hair for the party.

"No, no Elena's..Elena's warm, and she's kind, and she's caring, and she's selfless, and it's real. And honestly when I'm around her I completely forget what I am,"

"Oh my god you're in love with her,"

"Yeah, yeah I am," with that admitted Stefan and Lexi shared a true smile as they finished getting ready for the party.

Damon sat at the bar waiting for Eliza to join him when he was approached by none other then Caroline.

"Amazing party right?,"

"Glad you thought of it,"

"Are you having a good time?,"

"I will be when Eliza joins me, and do you have my crystal?,"

"No,"

"Then I'm not having a good time," it was at that time he noticed Lexi enter the Grill and how Eliza joined her pretty quickly and not him.

He couldn't read their lips or hear them cause Caroline was talking in his ear but he was curious what was being said.

"Are you ready for tonight?,"

"I am are you?,"

"Yes the body double is tied up behind the bar, never turn your back to the doors, keep your eyes and ears open for any word from me understood?,"

"I am older then you right shouldn't I be giving orders?,"

"I'm over a thousand years old in technicality and was raised around people who planned and plotted for all their lives,"

"Good point will obey your commands,"

"Thank you now Jackie is playing darts if you wanna join her I have to go join Damon he has been anxious to see me,"

"Be safe,"

"You too," Eliza said turning making her way towards Damon.

Damon stood meeting her halfway in the grill sweeping her up into a tight hug.

"Why did you take so long?,"

"Things to do, people to see,"

"Smart ass,"

"Always, wanna get me a drink with that fancy trick of yours,"

"Oh hell yeah I'm corrupting you," he laughed as he took her to the bar to drink.

Eliza tried a few drinks before she realized that whiskey and bourbon were her go to drinks.

Snapping a selfie of herself with her bourbon she sent it to Nik and Eli so they could see her happy and safe.

A girl after my own heart - Nik texted with a smiley face seeing that his girl was drinking bourbon

Please don't drink and drive other then that have fun - Eli texted her encouraging her to have fun

Stefan arrived shortly after Lexi and bumped into Matt.

"Matt?, just hear me out please. I was just trying to help Vicki I went through something similar once I'm really sorry,"

"No man, it's not the first time she's run off. Turns out Vicki's just like our mother can't count on either of them. Thanks for trying," Matt turned walking off being sincere.

Caroline went looking for Damon when she found him in a booth with Eliza.

"Where is it?,"

"Bonnie won't give it to me,"

"So rip it off her neck,"

"i tried it shocked me,"

"It's cause it's a witches talisman it found its rightful bloodline now it won't leave til the person is dead," Eliza blurted out realizing she had no filter while drinking.

"Dammit I need that crystal,"

"Why are you being like this? I am so good to you and I would do anything, it's just some stupid necklace," as Caroline began touching Damon Eliza rolled her eyes and slid out of the booth to find someone else to spend time with.

"No you are the only stupid thing here, and shallow, and useless," Damon grabbed her hands ripping them away going after Eliza.

"Ok i'm gonna need a little more foot work,"

"Yeah i'm not really interested in making a fool out of myself," Stefan said as Eliza walked up hugging him from behind.

"Come on you're not that bad,"

"No he isn't, he was a fantastic dancer back then,"

"Just do me a favor tell me if you see Damon with a camera phone,"

"Right," Lexi laughed as she pulled Eliza and Stefan further out to the dance floor.

Eliza saw Damon head outside and that's when she turned to Lexi and Stefan.

"It's going to happen soon be ready, i think he went outside to put his plan in motion. Go out the back way Lexi watch what he does discretely and try to counter it,"

"On it," she said walking towards the back doors before flashing out of sight.

"Are you ready Stefan?,"

"No cause it's Damon he's unpredictable,"

"Not when I'm around, you know I can ruin his plans I'm smart and cunning, and a thousand years of dealing with pettiness,"

"True thank you Lizzie,"

"Anything for you Stef, did you like your gift?,"

"I did it is a awesome journal,"

"Great happy you like it," she smiled as they danced waiting for Lexi to come back.

What she didn't see was Jackie going with her to watch her back.

Damon knew what he was doing was going to hurt feelings but he didn't care he needed to get the council off their tracks.

Thankfully a couple went in the alley by the back doors which was perfect cause as Damon attacked Lexi and Jackie were perched above watching.

Damon attacked the man first draining him before grabbing the female by the throat compelling her.

As she fell to a heap next to the body Damon made his way back inside the grill.

Lexi and Jackie dropped to where the girl sat before bending down to talk to her and re compel her.

Lexi told her to forget all that the man before had told her that she was to point out the decoy Eliza had set up inside.

She was determined to keep Lexi safe and when it was done they reopened the back door and headed back to the party making it seem like they had gone to the bathroom.

Damon didn't suspect a thing, he watched as Lizzie hung out with Stefan and Lexi playing pool. He hated how easy it was for them to connect and he had his emotions tuned down only letting select feelings get through for Eliza.

"Woo," Stefan cheered as he scored at the game.

"Nice," Lexi high fived him as Eliza noticed Elena and waved her over.

"Stefan smiles alert the media,"

"You haven't give him a alot of reasons to be happy lately,"

"Oh you're right poor Stefan persecuted throughout eternity by his depraved brother. Does it get tiring being so righteous?,"

"It flairs up in the presence of psychopaths," Elena said as she walked towards the group at the pool table.

"Ouch well consider this psychopaths feelings hurt," Damon called after her.

"What did you do to my brother?,"

"I'm going to need a less vague question,"

"When you did what you did to Jeremy's memory of Vicki what else did you do to him?,"

"You asked me to take away his memory of fangs and rawr and all that bad stuff. You wanted me to take away his suffering,"

"He's acting different he seems ok with everything and a little too ok. He's studying, he's not doing drugs, not drinking, are you sure you didn't do something else?,"

"Elena I took away his suffering,"

"Alright," Elena said before actually going to join her sister, Stefan, and Lexi.

Tonight Damon thought he had it to a tee, too bad the girls changed his plans and had a back up thanks to Eliza. Thing were going to heat up and it was going to be rough.