“Get me another one of this golden stuff” Alaric said lifting his glass. The bartender, who was cleaning some glasses, shook his head. “I think you’ve had quite enough” “Oh, come on” Alaric groaned. “I’m the customer here. I’m paying” He got out some money. “What does it cost, I’m paying you double” He threw the money on the bar.
“If you have too much of it, you can always give it to me” a familiar voice said. Alaric looked aside and saw Damon. “You’re drinking Bourbon? Without me? Shame on you” He signed with his hand, pointing at Alaric’s glass and then at himself. The bartender got the message and filled two new glasses of bourbon and put them on the bar. “He’s your responsibility now” he said. “Yeah, whatever” Damon said. He drank of his glass and saw how Alaric poured the whole content in his mouth at once. “Are you having a private party? Or is this about Jenna?” Damon asked. Alaric put his glass down and went with his finger around the edge. “I’m trying to find a difference between Isobel and Jenna. Somehow I always fall for the same type of woman. Both beautiful, both turned into vampires, both related to Elena… help me out here, will you?” “Well, I’m not sure if it helps, but I didn’t have sex with Jenna and I didn’t turn Jenna” Damon tried to be funny. “Wow, somehow you managed to make this whole thing evolve around you “ Alaric said. “Works for me. Why are you here?” Damon looked in front of him and drank the rest of his bourbon before he answered. “Other than to have some quality time with my best pal? I’m meeting Bonnie here” “Bonnie? Why?” Alaric asked.
“I’ve been wondering the same since he called”
Damon and Alaric looked up and saw Bonnie. She sank down on the stool next to Damon and looked at him with a piercing glance.”Well, I’m waiting”
Damon sighed. “I need you to do some hocus pocus on me” “Ssh!” Bonnie hissed. “Will you keep it down? We don’t want anyone to know what I am” Damon rolled his eyes. “Why do you need my help? I said I wasn’t helping you anymore. The last time was an exception, for Elena. I see no reason to help you” Bonnie continued. “Hmm… I need you to help me… so I can help Elena. So, you’re really helping Elena” Damon said manipulative. Bonnie pursed her lips and squeezed her eyes. “Wow, even when she’s not around you still find a way to use her as a persuasion” “Is it working?” Damon asked with a smirk. Bonnie lifted up her chin a bit. “Come on, Bonnie, it’s nothing dangerous. Worst thing that could happen is that I die and that’s something you would only rejoice, right?” Bonnie took a deep breath. “What do you want me to do?” “Thank you!” and he sounded like he meant it. “You have to take my headache away” “Okay” Bonnie said. “This involves some touching, I hope you don’t mind” She lay her hands on his temples and started mumbling. It was a good thing the bartender was in the storage, getting new crates of beer. Damon felt his blood getting warmer and his heart pounding. He saw a flash of Bonnie kissing him and wanted to pull away when Bonnie let go of him. “Feeling better now?” she asked. Damon concentrated and looked around. He didn’t feel any pain. “It’s gone” he said. He looked at Bonnie. “Thank you”
They heard a enormous thud and looked aside. Alaric had fallen off his stool. “We got this” Damon said to the bartender, who came out of the storage.
“If you have too much of it, you can always give it to me” a familiar voice said. Alaric looked aside and saw Damon. “You’re drinking Bourbon? Without me? Shame on you” He signed with his hand, pointing at Alaric’s glass and then at himself. The bartender got the message and filled two new glasses of bourbon and put them on the bar. “He’s your responsibility now” he said. “Yeah, whatever” Damon said. He drank of his glass and saw how Alaric poured the whole content in his mouth at once. “Are you having a private party? Or is this about Jenna?” Damon asked. Alaric put his glass down and went with his finger around the edge. “I’m trying to find a difference between Isobel and Jenna. Somehow I always fall for the same type of woman. Both beautiful, both turned into vampires, both related to Elena… help me out here, will you?” “Well, I’m not sure if it helps, but I didn’t have sex with Jenna and I didn’t turn Jenna” Damon tried to be funny. “Wow, somehow you managed to make this whole thing evolve around you “ Alaric said. “Works for me. Why are you here?” Damon looked in front of him and drank the rest of his bourbon before he answered. “Other than to have some quality time with my best pal? I’m meeting Bonnie here” “Bonnie? Why?” Alaric asked.
“I’ve been wondering the same since he called”
Damon and Alaric looked up and saw Bonnie. She sank down on the stool next to Damon and looked at him with a piercing glance.”Well, I’m waiting”
Damon sighed. “I need you to do some hocus pocus on me” “Ssh!” Bonnie hissed. “Will you keep it down? We don’t want anyone to know what I am” Damon rolled his eyes. “Why do you need my help? I said I wasn’t helping you anymore. The last time was an exception, for Elena. I see no reason to help you” Bonnie continued. “Hmm… I need you to help me… so I can help Elena. So, you’re really helping Elena” Damon said manipulative. Bonnie pursed her lips and squeezed her eyes. “Wow, even when she’s not around you still find a way to use her as a persuasion” “Is it working?” Damon asked with a smirk. Bonnie lifted up her chin a bit. “Come on, Bonnie, it’s nothing dangerous. Worst thing that could happen is that I die and that’s something you would only rejoice, right?” Bonnie took a deep breath. “What do you want me to do?” “Thank you!” and he sounded like he meant it. “You have to take my headache away” “Okay” Bonnie said. “This involves some touching, I hope you don’t mind” She lay her hands on his temples and started mumbling. It was a good thing the bartender was in the storage, getting new crates of beer. Damon felt his blood getting warmer and his heart pounding. He saw a flash of Bonnie kissing him and wanted to pull away when Bonnie let go of him. “Feeling better now?” she asked. Damon concentrated and looked around. He didn’t feel any pain. “It’s gone” he said. He looked at Bonnie. “Thank you”
They heard a enormous thud and looked aside. Alaric had fallen off his stool. “We got this” Damon said to the bartender, who came out of the storage.
The next morning
Damon and Elena were lying asleep when someone rang the bell. Elena was fast asleep, so Damon sneaked out of bed and put on his pants from the day before.
“Hurry up, Damon. You don’t want her to bleed to death, do you?”
Damon groaned as he recognized Rebekah’s voice. He walked to the door and opened it and Katherine fell in his arms. She was bleeding from her neck and Damon looked up shocked at the blonde Original, who smirked at him.
“What happened to her?” Damon wanted to know.
“I happened” Elijah answered, stepping forward. “Can we come in?”
“No!” Damon said rude.
“I was merely being polite. Of course we can come in. This house is being hosted by vampires, whom cannot possible deny the admission to an Original. So, why don’t you step aside? We’ve got things to do, plans to make, wars to prepare” Elijah said as he walked past Damon.
Damon and Elena were lying asleep when someone rang the bell. Elena was fast asleep, so Damon sneaked out of bed and put on his pants from the day before.
“Hurry up, Damon. You don’t want her to bleed to death, do you?”
Damon groaned as he recognized Rebekah’s voice. He walked to the door and opened it and Katherine fell in his arms. She was bleeding from her neck and Damon looked up shocked at the blonde Original, who smirked at him.
“What happened to her?” Damon wanted to know.
“I happened” Elijah answered, stepping forward. “Can we come in?”
“No!” Damon said rude.
“I was merely being polite. Of course we can come in. This house is being hosted by vampires, whom cannot possible deny the admission to an Original. So, why don’t you step aside? We’ve got things to do, plans to make, wars to prepare” Elijah said as he walked past Damon.
“Can I come in? This talks so…weird, you know. And if Veronica sees us…” Stefan said warning.
“I’m not afraid of Veronica” Rachel said in such way it sounded like she meant the opposite.
Katherine was dragging Gabe’s corpse to the backside of Rachel’s house. She couldn’t get inside the house, so she opened the window to the basement and pushed Gabe’s body inside. She held his shoulders and let him down carefully. When she thought it was safe she let go. The corpse fell on the basement floor, mute for a human ear, but as Katherine heard the thump, she figured Rachel would’ve too.
“Damn it” she mouthed. She stood and looked around. Rachel was nowhere to be seen and from what Katherine could hear, she was still listening philosophized to Stefan. If Rachel had heard anything, she sure didn’t suspect anything.
“I’m not afraid of Veronica” Rachel said in such way it sounded like she meant the opposite.
Katherine was dragging Gabe’s corpse to the backside of Rachel’s house. She couldn’t get inside the house, so she opened the window to the basement and pushed Gabe’s body inside. She held his shoulders and let him down carefully. When she thought it was safe she let go. The corpse fell on the basement floor, mute for a human ear, but as Katherine heard the thump, she figured Rachel would’ve too.
“Damn it” she mouthed. She stood and looked around. Rachel was nowhere to be seen and from what Katherine could hear, she was still listening philosophized to Stefan. If Rachel had heard anything, she sure didn’t suspect anything.