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Whittemore College is located anywhere between an hour and three hours away from Mystic Falls depending on traffic and the lead foot of the person driving the car. That lead foot being Damon because Buffy Summers doesn't drive. To say that their friendship has grown is to say their antagonizing has mellowed. They remain in a truce and with Damon skipping town, Buffy continues to keep her pseudo enemies close. Bonnie and Elena stick together, checking out a possibility for college. Elena in the literature department and Bonnie seriously considering occult studies. Tyler would rather be elsewhere but Caroline's numerous text reminders, picnic basket for when they want lunch and most likely a five pronged approach to why Tyler should go to college keep him from sleeping in. Matt asks Anna to go with them, their relationship all but solidified now. For Matt, it's less of a does he want to, it's more of a ... can he fit in.

There's a specific lecture Bonnie's interesting that she drags Elena to. One on the occult and an ancient witch named Quetsiyah. Damon and Buffy aren't far behind. He'd say he's not keeping tabs on Elena but... There's a campus bar-restaurant with two levels which seems to double as a library area.

That night, there's a house party thrown for prospective students. Caroline will probably drag everyone. Everyone under age of course. Everyone considered Mystic Falls and friends.

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Everything happened so fast.

It's an odd thing to say, because for once vampires weren't the cause of it. These were humans, moving at normal human speeds, but for some reason it was Founder's Day, all over again. And now they don't know what to do, beyond calling Stefan, who through some miracle happened to be home at the time of the event, rather than in town, just like they all were.

They all were.

Elena is currently perched on the couch, trying to figure out what she's supposed to do next. She doesn't trust Buffy, Alaric is too drunk to come up with an effectual plan at the moment. Everyone's looking to her, and she isn't sure if she can do it, can take the reins and save everyone, because all of Elena's plans usually end in someone getting hurt. So she sits, and she waits, and she hopes that Stefan can be useful and mediate through this because she sure as hell isn't.

But eventually the front door opens and he appears in the room, meeting her eyes, and she exhales slowly, feeling herself relax. Right now, this isn't about them. This is about getting Damon, Caroline and Tyler back. That, if nothing else, they can agree on.

"Okay," she says, glancing to the others in the room. "Where do we start?"

Current Mood: worried

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Damon Salvatore has never been the subtle brother.

Which is why he's currently laying in Elena Gilbert's bed, holding that stuffed bear of hers. She's doing something with someone somewhere and that's perfectly fine. They haven't really talked since Denver and maybe that's by design. Damon gets it. What happens in Denver... But, he's getting a little antsy so he feels like it's time to pay her a visit. He knows she doesn't love when he does this. The impulse to peek into her diary was great but he curbed that, so she should be grateful. A teenager's medicine cabinet is never interesting to snoop through or pinch from so, that's out of the question. He decides to manipulate the little bear's feet. Better than its no-no place.

He doesn't know if she and Stefan are anything or if they've even talked. He's not going to ask. At this point, it doesn't matter to him. So, they made out up against the wall in a motel with really shoddy lighting, so does everyone.

And of course, he's here in her bed because he doesn't care.

See how that works?

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"So, that's gonna take a little time," Damon succinctly sums up, never one to make anything better in times like these.

Of course, of course now is the time when Elena and Matt Donovan come around the corner.

All day Damon has been trying to help. He drops by Alaric's cell. He wastes his time with Anna. He pays a visit to his brother and his witchy helper. He connects the dots regarding Samantha Gilbert slipping through their fingers, literally. Okay, fine, Stefan finds the answer and Bonnie Bennett helps some. Damon just fills in a few of the blanks. He finds it cute that Stefan doesn't admit he had a hand in Samantha Gilbert's untimely false demise but he doesn't burst his brother's bubble. There's a brief pause as he takes a call from a suspicious Meredith Fell and while she's not Damon's biggest fan, she confirms Anna's friend is a person of interest. Good call, Elena Gilbert. Here's a kewpie doll. Since the mystery at hand has been solved - and Jeremy should probably be grabbed at some point, he's already making lists of things that need to be done (and Jeremy being his first thought after Alaric means Elena has officially invaded his system, something he doesn't need to confirm. She's been there for some time now) - he's done for the night.

All day Damon has noticed how Stefan is teetering on the edge of control. Cold turkey works for no man. And he has never personally subscribed to it. If Stefan is ever going to learn moderation, he needs to start now. Stefan's reluctant when Damon finds a pretty girl on the street. Maybe a little scared. It takes less then a second to compel her and he bites down, quietly. She doesn't scream and Damon isn't going to kill her. She has no ring and it'd be a mess and besides, this lesson isn't about carnage.

It's about control.

And then Stefan stops him.

Damon has no choice put to present her to Stefan, to reason with his brother, to get him to bite down and accept what and who he is.

"You can't go from one extreme to the other." Stefan never could. Nobody really can. That's not how they're wired. "You have to learn to not be controlled by blood." He brings the girl closer and finally, finally Stefan bites down.

Congratulations, Stefan, you've leveled up.

Damon makes sure to end it before things go to far. He successfully stops Stefan from draining the poor girl. He quickly bites into his wrist and brings it to her mouth to heal her. And, there they are, as if they were invited. Right on time. Matt and Elena. Elena and Matt, on some kind of night time walk and wasn't he out of town? The quarterback must be a speeder. Elena stands aghast as Stefan turns, blood in his mouth, eyes all veiny. This is exactly what they needed tonight. Not.

One step forward.

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It was a simple mission. With Klaus and the other Originals gone, Matt and Caroline could retrieve his friend and her ex from the wilderness of the Appalachian mountains. Matt had never been a vampire nor a hybrid, so he didn't know if Tyler could feel a sire bond being broken. But, Tyler was still radio silent and there was no way of reaching him. Sheriff Forbes pulled a string or two and Caroline and Matt had gotten a GPS location for Tyler's cell phone. The only choice that had to be made was whose vehicle would be taken. But, Matt had his two-seater truck so that was a no-brainer.

He hadn't spent any time with Caroline since her birthday surprise and even that hadn't ended well. First Stefan had knocked him out and then he had to bring Caroline back to her house after Tyler had bitten her. Why was he surprised. Nothing in Mystic Falls went off without hitch, why would a birthday in a graveyard?

Matt had offered to drive but this was Caroline and Caroline's car. This meant two things: she drove and she picked the music. He kept his mouth shut as Taylor Swift sat on repeat. At least she didn't just do one song. Maybe once they grabbed Tyler, they'd get a say.

Majority ruled?

Matt couldn't help his mixed feelings for his old friend but, he had to keep reminding himself that Tyler had been sired. All of a sudden, thanks to a spell he still didn't quite understand, (he'd been left out of that plan) that wasn't true any more. Maybe, thanks to that, he could get his friend back. And as a good will gesture, he was going to be accompany Caroline. He'd invited Elena but she was busy. Something about Mr. Saltzman. She said she'd fill him in later. No Elena usually meant no Jeremy (because he knew she'd kill him for taking Jeremy out of state) but that didn't matter because Jeremy was in Denver. That was weird. And it wasn't like they were going to invite a Salvatore.

So, it was just them, the road, and GPS coordinates.

Current Mood: excited

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