Damon headed back downstairs a few hours later carrying a bottle of blood.

"Brought you something to eat, 100 percent Stefan diet approved. You know what will happen if you don't eat you will get all rotting and crusty, plus Eliza would kick both our asses,"

"I'm not hungry,"

"Of course you are we are eternally hungry, take it. The human blood should be gone by now, you want to explain why you're still in here feeling sorry for yourself? Come on drink up," Damon said pushing the bottle through the bars of the cell watching it drop at Stefan's feet.

Stefan looked up at the bottle eyes turning black and veiny before looking away again.

"Fine starve for all I care but when she gets back from her road trip I am throwing you so far under the bus to avoid the ass kicking," Damon admitted before walking away.

Upstairs Damon's phone rang, and without checking it he answered.

"Hello?,"

"Hey it's Alaric Saltzman,"

"Before I hang up how did you get this number,"

"It's a mystery, listen I've uh been doing some digging on Elena's uncle you interested?,"

"What kind of digging?,"

"I got a old friend from Duke who studied criminology when we were there together, let's just say he has become a very proficient digger,"

"Did he find anything?,"

"Well I had him run a track on John's cell phone records he's getting a call from a number, same number that Elena dialed to get Isobel, then the number was disconnected,"

"Isobel knew John whatever we knew that,"

"Well after that he started getting calls from a new number I had my friend run a geo track, got the address it's a apartment in Grove Hill,"

"Isobel's in Grove Hill?,"

"I don't know I thought we could take a look see what we could find,"

"Perfect give me the address,"

"What so you could go without me? No I don't think so,"

"I'm not going with you, you tried to kill me,"

"Yeah well you did kill me," as Alaric pointed that out Damon's call waiting beeped.

"Hold on," he said answering the next call.

"What?,"

"I'm just grabbing some clothes then I'll be right over, how's Stefan?,"

"Extra broody, hold on," he switched back to Alaric.

"You drive pick me up in a hour,"

"Done," Alaric agreed hanging up.

Damon rolled his eyes going back to his call with Elena, he wished it was Eliza calling but he knew she was getting a stress free day with her brother and sister, and likely one of Eli or Nik's men following them.

"He won't eat anything," Damon spoke as he sat down in his favorite chair with his legs up.

"He has to eat. What's his favorite kind of..,"

"His favorite kind of what?,"

"Type of animal blood that he prefers?,"

"Ew gross,"

"Your joking doesn't help,"

"Helps me, now hurry up I can't babysit all night I have things to do,"

"I would say drop dead but..,"

"Ha ha ha, Stefan likes puppy blood. Little golden retriever puppies big floppy ears that's his favorite," as Damon said that the call ended just as he got smacked on the back of the head.

"Ow," he turned looking sheepish seeing Eliza.

"I leave for one day and you are tormenting her, bad Damon," she teased with a smirk.

"Deserves it, Alaric might have found Isobel in Grove Hill going to go with him to check it out,"

"What would she be doing there?,"

"No clue but go check on Stefan cause when Elena arrives I leave and I doubt you want to stay with her," he began laughing as Eliza turned to quickly check on her brother.

Heading downstairs she could feel the emotions from the cell before she even reached it.

"Brother, I hear you won't eat," she opened the cell entering it to be closer trusting him.

"You shouldn't be in here,"

"You won't hurt me, plus I will lay your ass out flat if you tried magic fingers remember," she giggled as she raised her hand wiggling her fingers.

Stefan smirked admitting she was funny as she walked over sitting on the cot behind him.

"Honestly Stefan, I love you, you're my brother i hate to see you like this. The human blood should be gone by now, please don't tell me you are starving yourself out of guilt," at her comment Stefan dropped his head admitting it.

"You have nothing to feel guilty about everyone is alive, no one died, we don't judge you we love you. Eli and Nik already said they understand what happened and are not even mad at you for almost blowing the vampire cover off,"

"Really?,"

"Really, will you please consider eating for me?,"

"I will," he agreed nodding his head in agreement.

"Thank you now if I want to avoid Elena I have to leave but I will come back ok," she stood kissing his head as she headed out the door.

"Do me a favor?,"

"What is it?,"

"Try to work things out with Elena, you don't have to be best friends just nice,"

"For you, sure," she agreed with a small smile as she closed the door behind her and headed upstairs.

"Thank you," Damon hugged her as she got back to the main floor.

"You are both family I won't see you suffer, now I will try to make nice with her tomorrow today is still stress free day, I will talk to you later," Eliza leaned up kissing Damon's cheek before leaving.

Damon smiled as he heard the bottle downstairs being drank proud of Eliza, and even more thankful she returned to them.

Back at the Gilbert house Elena turned around suddenly startled at seeing her uncle John in the doorway.

"Uncle John I didn't see you there,"

"I thought we could talk, we haven't had a chance to catch up, nor have i with Eliza or Jeremy,'

"I'm actually just heading out,"

"It won't take long," John said picking up a picture of his brother Greyson.

"What did you want to talk about?,"

"I know you know,"

"Know what?,"

"It's really silly to keep pretending, what do you think your mother would say if she knew you were dating a vampire?,"

"Which mother?," Elena smirked as she turned and head out.

Stefan on the other hand despite eating continued to remember 1864.

"I bet Jonathon Gilbert has told father by now," Stefan remarked as he carried a bucket of water over and sat next to Damon where he tossed stones into the water.

"I wonder how he took the news we were dead?,"

"As if he cares he betrayed us,"

"He thought he was protecting us Damon, he thought he was protecting this town,"

"Ugh the sun hurts my eyes,"

"It's part of it, muscle aches, sick feeling. Emily says its our bodies pushing us to feed to complete the transition,"

"That's not going to happen, I have lost the two most important women to me in the last year I have nothing to live for,"

"So that's your choice then to die instead?,"

"Isn't it yours? This was all to be with Katherine, she's gone I want it over," Damon said as he slipped his shirt back on.

Back in present day Elena was yet again pressed against the bars of the cell.

"How you doing? Damon says you need to drink that. You need it Stefan can't survive without it,"

"No, I don't want to survive,"

"What? Don't say that,"

"I'm sorry Elena, not even Eliza could change my mind," Elena gasped she knew if Eliza couldn't help him it was bad.

"After what I've done it has to end I just want it over," with that said Elena stormed off back to the main floor of the house to think.