The sunlight slowly crept into the windows as I watch Damon take slow deep breaths. I sigh softly as I move his bangs from his face. Suddenly Damon grasps my wrists and flips us over. I land with a bounce as I watch Damon settle above me. "You were staring." I scoff at his accusation as I slap his stomach, "I was trying to be romantic you ass hat." Damon chuckles as he moves his eyebrows together suggestively, "can we be romantic in the shower?"

"Damon!" I yell as he pretends to drink my blood again. "I'm here to help!" I hear Suddenly as my bedroom door bursts down and Jeremy runs in with my bat above his head. As soon as Jeremy steps close enough to us Damon grabs the bat without breaking eye contact with me. "Watch this." I watch in horror as Damon uses Jeremy's force with his bat and suddenly shoves Jeremy out the window. "Jer!" I yell as I jump out of bed and watch as Jeremy free falls through the tree lands on his ass and starts to roll around in pain.

I start to burst into giggles as Jeremy looks up in betrayal, "I'm telling Jenna!" He yells as a shit spreading grin fills his face, I watch in horror as he gets up and takes off running to the front of the house. "You little shit!" I yell out as I rush out the door and down the stairs. An evil laugh escapes me as I reach the door as soon as Jeremy ends up in the porch. "How did you beat me fat ass?" He questions through the glass on the window,I make a show as I slowly lock the door and watch as Jeremy starts banging on the door. "That's for trying to betray your master bitch!"

"Eliza!" Jenna yells out from the kitchen.

"Jeremy why are we going to the Salvatore's?" He scoffs as He pulls his bag up a little higher as we get out of my car. "I want to help, and since you're the older sister, I know that if I have you on my side I won't be alone against Elena."

"Aww are you scared of little old Lena?" I say as I grab him and noggie him. "Eliza!"

"What? can't I bully my baby brother?" I say between laughter as I watch Jeremy promptly knock on the door. "Why are you knocking?" I say as I go to open the door, but I guess someone had the same idea as I end up in someone's chest. I take a moment to sniff the shirt, "o it's my sexy!" I say excitedly as I jump on him and smile as he tries to hold me up.

"Don't you think it's great I knew it was you from smell alone?" I say as I put my arms around his neck, "what are you a dog?" My mouth pops open in shock as I watch him pick up a shoe and throw it through the door way and on the lawn, "go! Fetch!" I give him a death glare as I slap his chest and jump out of his arms, pouting, "you're ass is getting that." Damon suddenly bites his lip, "I love when you pout makes me wanna throw you against the wall." My eyes suddenly find his as I forgot the world around me, "why don't you?" I whisper as I start to make my way, but suddenly

I'm stopped by a hand on my arm and an uncomfortable clearing of a throat. My face looks up at Jeremy in anger, "you just had to ruin the moment now didn't you!" I say as I go to strangle him but Jeremy simply puts his hand on my face and turns towards Damon.

"I need to talk to you." Damon gives a sly smirk at his comment, "and why would I need to talk to you?" He asks as I finally slap Jeremy's hand from my face and watch as Damon reaches for my hand and pulls me in as he goes to shut the door on Jeremy, but Jeremy blocks it before it shuts. "Tyler Lockwood has to kill someone to activate his curse. He's not a werewolf yet."

"Wow. Fascinating. Not enough." Damon says sarcastically as I slap his arm. Damon looks down momentarily and gives me his world class smirk. "But Mason Lockwood is, and he's looking for a Moon Stone, it's specially connected to the werewolf legend. That's why he's here."

"Moon Stone?" Damon says confused as he looks at me for confirmation, I shrug as Damon looks back up to Jeremy, "and I know where it is."

"And you're being me this why?" The door suddenly opens up a little more as Jeremy makes it through the doorway, "do I need a reason? Look, I just want to help, okay?"

Damon looks back at me as I slowly admire his grey long sleeve shirt on his body and his black pants. "What does Elena say about this little discovery?" I smile a little, "fuck that bitch and her fake break up with my best friend." I say as I cross my arms over my chest and lean against the wall, "best friend? Isn't that me?" I start to laugh as I look at Damon, "we'll talk about that later. Maybe in the sheets."

Damon whispers in my ear, "Elena doesn't want me getting involved but Eliza is with me." Damon puts a hand on Jeremy's chest stopping him in his tracks. "And you're a Gilbert and you just can't help yourself...wow. Your search for life's purpose is as obvious as it is tragic."

"What are you Shakespeare?" I giggle and Damon turns his head to glare at me. "Encore. Encore." I say sarcastically as I clap my hands.

"You going to let me in or not?" I watch as they go into a little stare off with each other once again, probably sizing each other up, boys. Damon lowers his head a little as he lets Jeremy slip past him and closes the door. "Why do you guys need a door anyway, not like anyone but Jeremy knocks."

"Ricky!" I yell excitedly as I jump off the couch and run to Rick, I shove the box aside and bring him in a hug. "Hey Eliza." He says awkwardly as I let go, "I got you a present." I say as I pull out a CD from my pocket and give it to Rick. "What's this?"

"Only your favorite singer." I say as I watch Ricks face fill with a smile before he flips it around and is faced with Taylor Swift. "You bitch." I burst out laughing as he shoves his way past me and into the living room,

"you should have seen your face. It's like I killed your puppy." I say between laughter as he fake laughs with me until I stop. Rick goes ridged as he faces Jeremy, "what are you doing here?" He asks as he sets his box down on the couch.

"Helping Damon. I'm the one who found out about the Moon Stone."

Rick crosses his arms over his chest as he looks to Damon, Day simply rolls his eyes. "You let him?" My mouth pops open as I look at Rick, "look at us. The squad is back. Can't we enjoy this small moment." I say as I show an inch of space between my fingers as I look between Damon and Rick.
I shrug my shoulders, "if I can take a wooden bullet to the stomach I'm sure Jeremy can too. I'm not his mom and I can't lie to him. So if he wants to be involved it doesn't matter to me as long as he stays safe." I say as Damon stands by me and slips his arm around my waist. "Whatcha got?" Damon says as he points to the box on the couch. "Oh, this is Isobel's research from Duke. Her assistant sent me."

"That same bitch that almost shot me?" I question as I start shuffling through the paper work, "unfortunately."

"O well that's nice."

"Now do you remember the old Aztec curse she told us about?"

"Sun and the moon, blah blah blah." I shake my head as I take Damon's bourbon from him and set it on the table.

"Supposedly Vampires And Werewolves used to roam freely until a shaman put a curse on them to limit their power. Since then, werewolves can only turn on a full moon and vampires are weakened by the sun." Damon flashes his ring sarcastically, "most of them, anyway."

"according to the legend the werewolf part of the curse is sealed with the Moon Stone." Alaric explains as he shows Jeremy the same drawing of the sun and the moon curse we stumbled upon earlier. "What do you mean? Sealed?" I look up to Jeremy from rubbing Damon's back, "it's a witch thing Jer. Whoever deals the curse is usually the key to unsealing the curse."

Jeremy shakes his head as he try's to process the information that we were explaining. "Maybe mason thinks he can use the Moon Stone to break the curse." Rick says as he rubs his hands on his face.

"Okay wait! Who is this powerful shaman anyway? There has to be a bigger threat than just werewolves and vampires roaming around. Why be so scared that you had to hide the Moon Stone? Who are they trying to keep from breaking the curse?" I question as I look up and the three just start breaking up in laughter.

"O ya laugh at Eliza! Wait till this bites you in the ass and then I'll be laughing." I said as I sat on the couch and crossed my arms over my chest.

"Don't you guys Learn? Always listen to me." I mumble as Damon ruffles my curled for the hundredth time. "Anyway. If we start believing in some supernatural witchy-woo legend from a picture book, we're idiots. Who has the Stone now?"

"Tyler."

"Can you get it?"

"Yeah."

"See, now your life has purpose." I shove Damon but am not surprised that he didn't even move an inch. "Show off." I say as he gives me a smirk,

"why so pushy today? Need to relieve some stress?" He says seductively as he slowly starts walking towards me, the pussy I am starts walking back until I hit one of the walls next to the fire place. "Wouldn't you like to know." I say stubbornly as his face his inches from mine. "Well as your best friend.." I chuckle as his eyes lock with mine and I can't move. He slowly looks down my face and back up making my heart race at how close we were. He suddenly bites his lip as he slowly tilts his head, "o we're back on that again..."

"Hey you two! You can screw around later, class is still in session."

"O I wish that were true." I say as I slowly step out from Damon's clutches, making sure to slide by body as close as possible to him, without actually touching him. The electricity burned between us. " so do you believe it?"

"It's the same book that says a werewolf bite can kill a vampire. Ignoring it would make me an even bigger idiot." Damon says as he makes his way back to Rick and Jer, with me slowly trailing behind. "Let's go."

"She said she saw Eliza kissing Mason. It has to be Katherine."

"Katherine is with Mason Lockwood?" Damon questions as he grabs my hand and squeezes it as we walk with Stefan. Standing around would make it easier for them to hear. "We missed it. We got into town right after she did. It makes perfect sense." I watch in amusement as they start to pace together on the back porch. "She has to be using him. But Mason Lockwood?" I look down as I try and block the pain that was trying to consume my heart as I watched Damon pace. "Mason Lockwood is looking for a Moon Stone that allegedly can break the full moon werewolf curse. Maybe Katherine wants it as well."

"Why?" Stefan questions as the brothers meet in the middle to face each other. "Well...no idea, it's the beauty of Katherine. She's always up to something." Damon says as he slowly turns to walk back to the other side of the porch next to the beautiful display of tables and champagne. I cross my arms over my chest trying to subconsciously shield my heart from his words. "So how are we going to find this Moon Stone?"

"Jeremy's getting it from Tyler."

"Why would you involve Jeremy?" Stefan questions as he turns to me, I stay silent as I shrug my shoulders finding the ground more interesting. Damon answers for me, "he's playing Indiana Jones. He's involved himself." Stefan hits Damon on the shoulder as he passes by him getting out from under the gondola and makes his way to the rest of the 'party.'

"This champagne is hitting the spot." I say as I watch Jared roll his eyes. "I'm only doing this because your dumb ass gave me a 50." He says as he starts to set up the rest of the bar. "And please keep at least 100 feet from me." I groan as I hit my head on the bar, "are we on this again? I need a friend." I say as I watch him pull his hand through his blue hair.

"Aww are you and your boyfriend having problems again?" I shrug my shoulders, "He isn't my boyfriend. He's in love with a woman that doesn't want him." I say as I lean my chin on my hands and watch Jared clean the glasses. "Girl you guys gave off that vibe you were together from miles away. If that bitch don't want that fine specimen of a man than erase her from his mind. Plain and simple."

"It's hard when she's always around. And when I think he's done with her there's always that doubt that I'll always be second." I say softly as I turn my head to watch the breeze as it take my curls with it.

"She was there first..." I say as my eyebrows lift as I can see a path through the woods, it looked familiar. "Jared that clearing over there. Was that a road?" I ask softly as I slowly slide off the bar stool.

"Ya back in the 1800's it was the main road into town. Why?" He asked but I was already running off the steps and making my way to the woods trying to keep up in my leather boots. My body started to involuntarily shake as I followed the path, by body took me to a small clearing on the side on instinct. My eyes went wide as I spotted the tree. I slowly made my way to it and stopped as my shaky hand touched the large hole in the center. "No. Can't be." I mumbled as I looked up through the trees wanting to hyperventilate. Damon. I took off running, heading for the Boardinghouse.

I open the door as I walk into the parlor and heard grunting. "Ooo. Someone's feisty." I eyebrows lift into confusion as I walk into the living room and see Mason tied to a chair next to the fire place. "Please tell me this isn't a beginning to a raunchy porno." I say slowly as I spot Damon leaning next to the fire. "Eliza! Just in time." He says as he takes the sword out of the flames. I have to back up quickly as Mason flings himself back and ends up with the back of the chair on the ground. "What!" I jump back in surprise as Mason yells at Damon. Slowly step behind Damon trying to keep my distance. I yelp and squirm as I watch Damon pierce Mason in the shoulder with the sword. "Damn it!"

"You can hurt.good to know. I was afraid you were going to be some beast mass with no affinity for pain." Damon leans over to check the wound on his shoulder and clicks his tongue, "oh, but you heal quickly. Not good. Guess I'll just have to keep applying pain." I watch as Damon effortlessly picks up Mason, and finally his eyes land on me.

"Eliza...help..me." I shake my head slowly as Damon stands in front of me diverting his attention. "She's not going to help you. She almost died because of you and for that you should already be dead. If I didn't need information from you, you'd be burning in hell right now for what you did." He said with his voice laced with venom.

" so. Katherine. How do you know her? What's she up to?" Damon questions as he leans over the fire once more putting the sword in the fire. "I have all day." Damon says as he forces the sword through his abdomen.

"When did you too meet? Did you seduce you too? Your supernatural so she can't compel you. I'm sure she used her other charms." I shake my head as I close my eyes. He's just trying to get answers. He's just trying to get answers.

I repeat as I watch Jeremy descend the stairs with another box. "I did a search on my phone there's a plant in here." Jeremy says as Damon makes his way to Jeremy. "Aconitum Vulparia." I look over to Damon, "wolfs bane." I say as Damon turns around at the sound of my voice with his eyebrows scrunched together. "Ya. How did you know?" I shrug my shoulders at Jeremy's question and watch as Damon examines the plant. "Says it's toxic."

"What's Katherine doing in Mystic Falls?" Damon asks as he applies the plant to Mason face, I watch as the flesh around it starts to burn away. After another scream Mason finally talks. "She's here with me. Why do you ask, you jealous?" Damon looks up as he meets my eyes. "No." I quickly look away and look at my hands as I fiddle with them.

"How rude. I didn't offer you anything to eat." Damon says as he shoves the wolfs bane down Masons mouth, "yummy!" I watch as Mason spits out blood along with the plant.

"Why do you want the Moon Stone?"

"Screw you." Damon makes a loud buzzing noise, "wrong answer." Damon leans up close, "I'm taking your eyes now!"

"The well! You can find it there."

"I know where it is. I want to know what it does and why you want it."

"I'm getting it for Katherine."

"Why?"

"She's going to use it to lift the curse."

"Of the moon?" Damon questions as he leans back up.

"now, why would a Vampire help a Werewolf break a curse that keeps them from turning whenever they want?"

"So I wouldn't have to turn anymore."

"Why?"

"Because she loves me." Damon starts to chuckle at what Mason said. "Now-now I get it. You're just stupid. Katherine doesn't love you. She's using you, you moron." "I'm done talking."

"Yes. Yes you are." My eyebrows scrunch together In confusion. "Time to take a walk Jeremy."

"What's going on Day?" I question as Jeremy takes a quick seat. "He'll kill me the second he gets free. You want me to kill you? Don't you mason?"

"I love her."

"O I know I've been where you are. But Katherine will only rip your heart out. Let me do it for her." Damon suddenly lunges forward and grabs Masons heart through his chest and pulls it out, my hand covers my mouth as I look away from Mason. Mason slowly limps down as his head goes forward.

I run my fingers over the silk of the covers as I admire the flooring of his room. I wipe away the few tears that had fell after putting my phone back into my pocket. "She okay?" I look up at Damon as he leans against the doorway.

"Elena said it was close. But she'll be okay." I said softly as I look over his chest. I pick up the picture of me and Damon on that night we went to see Fifty Shades.

"You've been off since this afternoon. What's wrong my silly girl?" He asks as I turn to face him. I give a small smile as I see him holding his hand out as he's laying on the bed. I take his hand as he pulls me with him on the bed. "I'm sorry, it was my fault. I railed Katherine up."

"I know." I said as I took his fingers and fiddled with his ring.

"What's really wrong?" I sigh as I try and reign in my emotions. " I keep felling..like you're gonna leave the second Katherine tries anything and that scares me Day. She still has this hold on you what am I supposed to think?" I question as I look up into his eyes.

"I'm not leaving you. You are my best friend and if I had to pick between you and that psychotic bitch it will always be you." I ask my head as I lean against the pillows.

"You haven't left me. And you don't know how much that means to me. You hang on to me, you go with my jokes, you don't hate me, you don't push me away when the going gets tough and I appreciate that. You're my girl. I'm not leaving you for her, I won't. She's have to kill me first." He said softly as he nuzzled his face into my hair as he started to kiss my forehead multiple times.