Vervain {Damon Salvatore}

5. Dinner

I'm walking with Elena and Bonnie.

"I'm happy for you." Bonnie says. She doesn't like Stefan and it's obvious.
"You have to get to know him."
"Do you even really know him?" I ask. There's a moment of awkward silence.

"Look, why don't you both come over for dinner and you guys can meet him. I need my best friends to like him." Elena says.
"Sure." I say.

After school Bonnie and I go over to Elena's.

Bonnie is telling us about how she keeps seeing 8,14,22.

I'm helping Elena put the pasta in the bowl.
"I need serving spoons." Elena says looking around.

"Third drawer." Bonnie says. Elena opens it and there they are.
"You've been to my house like a thousand times." Elena says laughing it off.

Stefan gets here.

"Hi." I say as he sits down.

The topic of witches gets brought up. I'm not paying much attention since I'm trying to figure out if he's a vampire.

"Garlic bread?" I ask bringing in the plate.
"Yes, please." He says taking one and setting it down on his plate. Interesting.

The doorbell rings.

"I got it." I say walking over. It's Damon and Caroline.
"Hey El." He says smirking.

"What are you doing here?" Stefan asks.
"Me and Caroline were just out and about. Heard about your little gathering. You wouldn't mind if we stayed, do you?" He says.

I look at Caroline. She has a scarf on. She never wears scarfs.

"No, of course not, we have plenty of food." Elena says.
"Damon." Stefan says staring at him.

"Come on in." Elena says. They both walk in and sit down.

Why would he bring Caroline?

Damon sits across from me. I look at him carefully.

"Garlic bread?" I offer.
"Why not." He says taking a bite.

Maybe I'm just going crazy?

"I don't think you're gonna have enough time to learn the routine." Caroline says to Elena.
"I'll teach her." Bonnie says.
"You don't seem like the cheerleader type." Damon says.
"It's cause her parents died, she's going through a blah phase, I swear she used to be so much more fun." Caroline.
"Caroline, shut up." I say.
"And I say that with complete sincerity." She adds.

I look down and notice we're out of bread.

"I'll cut more." I say getting up and walking into the kitchen.

I start cutting some pieces.

"Are you a vampire Damon Salvatore?" I mutter under my breath thinking of how I'm going to ask him.

I hear something fall. I turn and see Damon walking in holding a fork.

"Dropped my fork. Where are the clean ones?" He asks. I point at a drawer.

"Damon, we need to talk." I whisper.
"I know." He says brushing past me as he grabs a new fork.

He stops and looks at me.
"I am." He says before walking away. I watch in shock.

I sit back down and wait for dinner to end.

Once it's over Bonnie and Caroline help Elena with dishes.

I go to help but Damon grabs my arm.
"I'll give you a ride home." He says. I nod.

"I'm going home guys, Matt wants me." I say.
"Need me to take you?" Bonnie asks.
"No, Damon's taking me." I say.
"I thought-." Caroline starts to say.
"I'll take you home." Bonnie says to her.