ℂ𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕏𝕀: 𝔹𝕒𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕝𝕠𝕣 𝔽𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕣𝕒𝕚𝕤𝕖𝕣
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"I hope that little book was worth it, because you are so not getting laid this week" Lorelei huffed out as Damon read the journal
"This might be greater than sex" He responded. Lorelei took that personally. Stefan walked in, quickly
"Anna took Elena" Stefan admitted
"Yeah, I got that from your 600 voicemails" Damon responded
"And nobody told me? Hello? Do I just not exist?" Lorelei asked
"I assumed he'd tell you" Stefan replied
"Can you not see we're going through a rough patch right now?" Lorelei asked Stefan
"All night long, every single street in town, I've been searching. What if your blood hasn't passed?" Stefan asked
"Then she'll become a vampire. God damn like it's really not that big of a fucking deal. She gets over it and moves on. Atleast she won't be dead" Lorelei stated
"Lori's right. At least you know you'll see her again" Damon responded
"Please. What do you know? You were with Anna, you know where she's living. Tell me" Stefan begged
"Nope" Damon replied. Stefan turned to Lorelei
"Can't you help me?" He asked
"We're on the outs and I'm not sleeping with him to get information out of him" Lorelei said as she checked her nails
"Elena's your niece" Stefan said
"Yeah, with vampire blood in her system. She'll come back" Lorelei responded. Stefan sighed and turned back to Damon
"You know, all I can remember is hating you. Might have been different.. but your choices erased anything good about you. But see, I also know that you have just as much reason to hate me. This all began with me. Katherine got taken away from you.. because of me. And I'm sorry" Stefan apologized. Damon smiled
"Apology accepted, but I'm bringing Katherine back to be with her. I'm bringing her back to kill her" Damon replied
"Will you please just tell me what you know? It's Elena, Damon. If you know something, tell me" Stefan pleaded. Damon stood up
"I mean this sincerely. I hope Elena dies" Damon said before walking past Stefan
"No you don't" Lorelei responded
"Shut up Lori" Damon said as he walked out of the room
There was a party going on, so Lorelei was there obviously. She had already had about 20 drinks. She was lucky she was a vampire because she'd be dead if she wasn't with the amount of alcohol she consumed on a regular basis. Lorelei saw Damon and Elena and waved at them
"Hey Elena, emo" Lorelei said as they walked over. Damon gave her a snarky smile
"Bitch" He muttered
"I'm a sexy one" She replied as Elena's friends Matt, and Caroline walked over
"Elena, hey" Matt said
"Elena, oh, my God. Where have you been?" Caroline asked as she intertwined her fingers with Matt. It was so obvious she was jealous
"Long story, no time to tell it" Damon replied
"I think she asked Elena" Lorelei said. Damon gave her a glare which she smiled at
"We haven't met. I'm Matt" He introduced himself as he held out a hand for Damon to take
"Matt, there's a reason we haven't met. You and I are going that way. Lorelei feel free to tag along though I'm positive you're to busy drinking" Damon said before dragging Elena away
"How are you engaged to that?" Caroline asked
"Alcohol does wonders" Lorelei replied. Lorelei walked off and found more drinks. She got roped into a chugging contest with some dudes. One of them was named Tyler or something. Obviously Lorelei won. She cheered as she slammed her cup on the ground
"Take that bitches" She said with a cocky grin
"How the fuck is that even possible?" Tyler asked
"Practice" She responded. Tyler had seen Jeremy and walked off to talk to him. Lorelei watched the interaction and gave a slight glare to Tyler. He was kind of a douche
"Carry on just standing there by yourself, all alone. The enemy of-" Tyler was cut off as Lorelei walked over
"Jeremy! What's up!" Lorelei cheered as she walked over and wrapped an arm around Jeremy
"What the hell?" Jeremy asked
"Shut the fuck up and smile so you don't look like a loser" Lorelei whispered to him. Jeremy gave a strained smile
"Jeremy you know her?" Tyler asked, shocked
"Yeah, she's my sister's brother's fiance" Jeremy replied
"Hell yeah!" She cheered as she downed another cup. Tyler didn't know how to respond so he just walked off. Lorelei let go of Jeremy
"You're so welcome" She said
"Thanks, I guess" Jeremy replied
"The emo era is so not you" She told him as she took in his appearance
"I'm not emo" Jeremy replied
"You so are" She responded. Suddenly Anna appeared. Lorelei and Anna made eye contact and, Lorelei walked off
It turned out that Katherine was never in the tomb. Damon was extremely pissed about it. All the work he had done over the years were for nothing. Damon was currently sitting on the couch staring at the fire
"How you feeling?" Lorelei asked as she sat down beside him. Damon gave her a glance
"How do you think I'm feeling, Lori?" Damon asked
"Depressed because your ex lover was never in the tomb and she's been walking around among you for over a century without informing you. Your heart must be in pieces" Lorelei said. Damon bit his lip
"I'm not in love with Katherine. I hate her. I want to kill her" Damon said
"Love and hate can be confused for one another. It's such a fickle thing. You know it's okay if you do" Lorelei told him. Damon just stared at her. "I'll take your silence as a yes"
"I'm not in love with her, I'm in love with-" Damon cut himself off as Lorelei raised an eyebrow
"Finish your sentence. I'm listening" She said. Then, Damon vanished because he in fact was a pussy
Lorelei was awoken to the sound of music blasting throughout the house. She growled as she crawled out of bed. She would destroy whoever had awoken her from her dreams. She went down the stairs to see Damon drunk on human blood as he danced with half naked girls who were covered in bite marks. Lorelei crossed her arms as she stared at the scene in front of her. Was she a little jealous? Of course not. Jealousy was for insecure bitches. That was definitely not Lorelei. She gave a small smile before snapping the necks of each of the girls
"Lori, what the hell?" Damon asked annoyed
"I'm sorry, when did we invite prostitutes into our home" Lorelei said. Damon rolled his eyes like an angry teenager. He was so moody these days
"Well, looks like Lorelei isn't happy" Stefan spoke as he turned on the light
"Ugh.. Buzzkill Bob" Damon muttered as Stefan turned off the music. "Greetings"
"Can you like beat his ass?" Lorelei asked
"Maybe later. Right now we need to talk" Stefan said
"Oh yeah" Damon said
"Look, I think this is self destructive behavior and it's gotta stop" Stefan told his brother as Lorelei face planted onto the couch
"You're worried about me. That's nice. Don't be. There's no need, I'm fine. Why wouldn't I be? I spent the last 145 years with one goal: get in that tomb. I succeeded. Granted, Katherine wasn't in there to be murdered, but why dwell? You know, it's so liberating not having a master plan.. because I can do whatever the hell I want" Damon said clearly not sober. Lorelei threw a shoe at Damon, who groaned as he rubbed his head
"That's kind of what I'm afraid of" Stefan said
"Relax. I haven't killed anyone in.. too long. Though, can't say the same for Lorelei.. she just took out my babes like it was nothing. She's the one you should be watching" Damon said
"I was putting them out of their misery so they didn't have to deal with you" Lorelei proclaimed
"Love you too" Damon said with a drunken smile before he handed Stefan some alcohol
"Spill it, brother. Why are you here?" Damon asked. Stefan took the bottle
"There was a woman you may have known a few years back.. named Isobel, in North Carolina at Duke" Stefan said
"You wanna discuss the women in my past right now? In front of my fake fiance? You are just itching for her to break off our engagement again" Damon said
"You killed her" Stefan said
"What's your point?" Damon asked
"I just wanna know if you remember anything about her" Stefan said
"It's like a needle in a haystack, Stefan" Damon said
"Well, think hard. It's important" Stefan said. Damon got close to Stefan's ear
"Nothing is important. Not anymore" Damon whispered before patting Stefan's shoulder. "Great chat. I have to go and find some more women and exploit them in the name of grief. Which I'm sure you understand" Damon spoke before disappearing
"Ugh he's so annoying" Lorelei said
"Alcohol! Alcohol! Alcohol!" Lorelei sang as she partied at the Grill. She was drinking like she always did
"You know someone really needs to put you on a limit. You're gonna kill yourself" Matt said as he was cleaning up a table
"Nah, I'll be fine" Lorelei said as she moved to the bar where she saw Damon and Alaric
"Hey babes!" Lorelei cheered as she downed another shot. Alaric turned and smiled at Lorelei
"Hey, Lori" He said. She gave him a hug before taking a seat
"Where my hug at?" Damon asked
"Whores don't get hugs" Lorelei responded. Damon hissed at her. Lorelei noticed the mood was tense between her drinking buddy and her fake fiance
"What's the problem guys? Why yall so awkward?" Lorelei asked
"It's not me. I was actually shocked he was here. I mean, don't you have some papers to grade?" Damon asked the history teacher
"It's more fun with a buzz" Alaric replied
"Everything is!" Lorelei cheered
"Being sober is depressing" Damon spoke
"You don't strike me as depressed" Alaric told Damon
"You say that like you know me" Damon said
"Yeah, he's literally so fucking depressing. Like this bitch, is in his emo era" Lorelei explained
"Thank you for that" Damon said sarcastically
"Any time" She said with a wink
"Well, you two have a good afternoon" Alaric said
"Not likely" Damon said
"You know I will. Hit my line if you wanna party!" Lorelei yelled. Alaric got up and left and Sheriff Forbes was quick to fill the seat
"Ah the both of you day time drinking?" Liz asked
"It's all the rage" Damon replied
"Listen, I need a favor" Liz said
"Ooh what kind of favor?" Lorelei asked
"Look, there's a fundraiser here tonight that the Founder's Council is throwing. The town's most eligible bachelor's get raffled off for dates. And, well, we're short a bachelor" Liz said
"That sounds like fun. My love, would be happy to help with the fundraiser, wouldn't ya?" Lorelei asked with a grin
"I'm glad to hear that especially from you. I was a little worried since he's engaged.. I didn't know how you'd feel" Liz told Lorelei. She just smiled and shook her head
"It's a fundraiser. If my sweet fiance can help make some money for the town then it's a privilege. Plus I trust he wouldn't cheat on me. I mean, if he did you'd probably have to put me behind bars because he would go missing" Lorelei said with an innocent smile. Liz just laughed
"She's a keeper for sure! I owe you guys one! Carol Lockwood wouldn't have let me live it down if I came up empty handed" Liz said
"Yeah, it's whatever. I'll do it. But, I have a favor. Do you think you can get me information on someone? Alaric Saltzman, the history teacher? There's something off about him. And I just wanna make sure.. that the high school did their homework on the guy" Damon said
"You got it" Liz responded
"Thanks" Damon said with a smile. Liz got up and walked off
"No, leave my drinking buddy alone. He's off limits, Damon" Lorelei told him. Damon flipped her off
"And that's how I feel about that" He said with a grin
Lorelei was at the fundraiser. She once again wasn't jealous, she was just making sure she was Damon's highest bidder. I mean, it would look weird of course if she didn't bid for her own fiance and win. That was why she did it. No other reason
"Tickets for the raffle are now on sale. All proceeds benefit the annual Founder's Day Celebration" Carol said. Lorelei turned to see Jenna and Alaric flirting. Lorelei had already bought her ticket or 50 for Damon. She wasn't letting anyone else win. The raffling began shorting after. Lorelei was sitting down in her seat fixing her hair
"And what do you do, Bachelor Number 3?" Carol asked
"Yeah, I'm a plumber" The man said
"Well, isn't that wonderful? We could always use more plumbers. Moving on. Number 4, Alaric Saltzman. Wow, that's quite a mouthful. What do you do?" Carol asked
"I'm a teacher at Mystic Falls High" Alaric answered
"Oh, beauty and brains, ladies. This one's a keeper. What do you teach?" Carol asked
"History" He replied
"History. Oh, well, give us a fun fact about Mystic Falls. Something crazy" Carol said. Alaric and Damon made eye contact
"Well.." Alaric didn't know what to say so Carol saved his goofy ass
"He's probably saving the best stories for his date. And last but not least, Damon Salvatore. We don't have much on you" Carol said
"Well, I'm tough to fit on a card" Damon replied
"Do you have any hobbies? Like to travel?" Carol asked
"Oh, yeah L.A., New York. Couple years ago I was in North Carolina. Near the Duke campus, actually. I think Alaric went to school there. Didn't you, Rick? Yeah, because I know your wife did. I had a drink with her once. She was.. She was a great girl. Did I ever tell you that? Because she was.. delicious" Damon said. Lorelei's jaw dropped as she just put it together that Damon killed Alaric's wife. Once the bachelor's were released from the stage, Lorelei approached Damon but she was not alone. Elena had the same idea. Stefan behind her, since he was like a lost puppy following his owner
"What the fuck?" Lorelei asked. Damon grinned
"Did you enjoy that? Rubbing it in to Alaric Saltzman?" Elena asked
"What?" Damon asked confused
"I was starting to think that there was something redeemable about you" Elena said with tears in her eyes. Lorelei was confused
"Um.." She muttered
"Elena" Stefan said
"Am I missing something here?" Damon asked
"Did I forget to mention earlier when we were talking.. about my birth mother, the one that gave me up? Her name was Isobel" Elena said. The grin on Damon's face vanished. "Go ahead. Reminisce about how you killed her"
Elena walked off and Stefan followed in suit. Damon seemed ticked off. It wasn't something he was expecting. Eventually they were calling up the people who won the raffles
"And Bachelor Number 5, Damon Salvatore. Three seven five five two. Oh, would you look at that? Three seven five five two. What are the chances? Me" Carol said
"Actually that was my ticket" Lorelei said with a fake smile. Of course, Damon had vanished at this point
"You must be mistaken" Carol told Lorelei
"No, this is my ticket. Nice try" Lorelei said with a smile
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12/19/23