"Can I wear this?" Elena asked Jeremy when he opened the door to his room. Elena was wearing a dark blue, knee length dress with a sweetheart neckline.

"Depends on where you're going and with who." Jeremy smirked at his sister.

"I'm going to the grill with Caroline, Stefan and Matt." Elena told him.

"Then yes, you can wear that and you look really pretty in that dress." Jeremy smiled then he straightened. "I actually got something for you that I want you to keep with you in your purse or pocket or something."

Jeremy walked back into his room and pulled out a small bag from his bedside table. he handed Elena the bag when he got back to the door, looking slightly nervous.

"Oh Jeremy." Elena giggled as she pulled out a dark red knuckle duster from the bag.

"It's actually been soaked in vervain so you can use it against vampires." Jeremy rubbed the back of his neck.

"Thank you." Elena hugged him and kissed him on the cheek.

"I just want you to be safe, Lena." Jeremy murmured into her hair.

"I love you little brother." Elena sighed as she burrowed closer to Jeremy.

"I love you too." Jeremy hummed before he pulled back at the sound of the doorbell. "Have fun tonight and call me if you need anything."

"I will and don't get to lost in the wonderful world that is the internet." Elena chuckled as she walked down the stairs to open the door.

"Stefan." Elena smiled as she saw Stefan on the other side of the door.

"Hey Elena." Stefan smiled back. "You look beautiful."

"Eyes off my sister!" Jeremy called out with a smirk as he walked down the stairs. "I've always wanted to say that."

"Was it everything you hoped for?" Stefan chuckled as he looked at Jeremy.

"Nah, not really." Jeremy shrugged. "Would have been a lot more fun if you actually were here to take my sister out on a date so I could threaten you."

"Sorry to disappoint you." Stefan smirked.

"Are you two done?" Elena asked as she smiled while looking between them.

"Yeah, I was just going to get some coke form the fridge." Jeremy shrugged and walked towards the kitchen.

"We have those spicy chips you like." Elena informed him.

"Awesome." Jeremy called out. "Thanks Lena."

"You're very welcome." Elena smiled. "Bye Jeremy, see ya later."

"Bye Lena." Jeremy called back as Elena shut the front door.

"You know." Elena turned to Stefan as they walked towards the car. "You'd think that someone who was around when the car was invented would have one."

"Oh, I do have a car." Stefan said. "I just never drive it."

"Why not?" Elena asked.

"It doesn't run." Stefan shrugged, not really having a better answer. "You know, the last time I was on a double date was 1972. Hef and the twins."

"You are telling me that you went out on a double date with Hugh Heffner?" Elena gasped in surprise.

"Yeah, playmates." Stefan smirked. "I got Miss June."

"Good on you." Elena laughed.

Later at the grill Elena, Stefan, Caroline and Matt are talking and laughing, telling stories and just having a good time.

Elena looked to the bar and chuckled, "I did not expect that."

"What?" The others turned to see Kelly, Damon and Jenna drinking together.

"Are they actually having fun together?" Matt asked shocked.

"Good on them." Elena laughed. "I'm going to go over there and talk to Jenna about something."

"Good luck." Caroline laughed.

"Aunt Jenna." Elena smiled as she stopped beside Jenna.

"Elena, my darling niece, what can I do for you?" Jenna hugged her sloppily making Elena chuckle.

"I was just going to check if you wanted to go with me to the dealership this weekend?" Elena asked with a hopeful smile.

"Wait..." Jenna sat up straighter. "You got it?!"

"Yeah, they called today to say that I could pick it up on Monday." Elena had a proud grin on her face.

"Absolutely!" Jenna got up and pulled Elena into a hug. "You are going to look so bad ass!"

"That was the only thing I really wanted." Elena said as she pulled back from Jenna. She turned to Damon and Kelly. "I hope you three have a nice evening." And as she left, she kissed Damon on the cheek after having hugged him quickly.

Elena starts to make her way back towards the other three when a man grabs her arm. "Kathrine?"

"I'm sorry." Elena looked at him and there is a vague warning bell ringing in her head. "You have the wrong person."

"My mistake." The man muttered but kept looking at her as she walked back over to the others. As she approaches them, she sends a quick message to both Damon and Stefan. 'That man just called me Kathrine'.

"Let's go back to my place and watch some movies or something." Stefan offered after he read the text message and shared a subtle nod with Damon. "And no Elena, we are not watching Disney this time."

Elena closed her mouth and pouted at him.

"What?" Matt asked confused.

"Elena seems to have made it her life mission to make me watch every single Disney movie in existence." Stefan mock groaned.

"Hey, Disney is awesome!" Elena declared as she grabbed Carolines arm and they walked out of the grill together.

When Elena and Stefan arrived at the boarding house they talk while they wait for Caroline and Matt to arrive. Stefan asked, "You didn't recognize him at all? Never seen him before?"

"No, but there is something about him that I just can put my finger on." Elena hummed thoughtfully.

"Are you okay?" Stefan looked at her.

"Yeah I'm fine." Elena smiled. "And I have this if the man tries something." Elena pulled out her new knuckle duster.

"A knuckle duster?" Stefan chuckled.

"A vervain-soaked knuckle duster." Elena had a slight maniac smile on her face but then it dropped into a frown. "Except I don't really know how to throw a punch."

"You should ask Damon to teach you some self-defense." Stefan told her. "He taught me and he knows a lot of dirty tricks."

"He thought you how to fight?" Elena smiled.

"Yeah, he's actually a very good teacher." Stefan looked like he was lost in his memories with a small smile on his face.

"Come on." Elena got out of the car as she saw Matt and Caroline arrive in Matt's car.

Stefan led them into the living room and Matt and Caroline looked around with big eyes.

"Man, I've always wanted to see the inside of this place." Matt said lowly.

"It's a bit much." Stefan shrugged.

"I like it." Caroline smiled at Stefan.

"Whoa; these are great." Matt exclaimed as he looked at a display full off miniature cars.

"This is uh...a little hobby of mine." Stefan said with an embarrassed shrug.

"I did the entire Mustang series when I was nine." Matt told him.

"You like cars?" Stefan asked with a smile.

"Understatement." Matt laughed.

"Come with me." Stefan said and lead them all to the garage. When he had opened the garage door, they saw a car covered by a tarp. "Prepare yourself, my friend."

Matt gasped in awe as he saw the red 1963 Porsche 356B Karmann Coupe He slowly walked towards the car with big eyes then he stopped and turned to Stefan, "Wait, how do you have this?"

"Got passed down through the family." Stefan said and Elena and Caroline had to look away from each other so they wouldn't start laughing.

"Why don't you...I mean...why don't you drive it?" Matt hesitantly asked.

"It doesn't run." Stefan told him sadly, "I could never figure out why."

"So, it's a good car then?" Caroline asked with a smile.

"It's a very good car and it's very desirable, only round 2300 where ever built." Matt gushed.

"Boys and their toys." Elena said to Caroline who laughed.

"Want me to take a look at it?" Matt offered. "I built and rebuilt the engine on an old Camaro that Elenas dad used to own."

"You guys have fun with that while me and Caroline go outside and gossip or something." Elena and Caroline walked away.

"Thank you for this." Caroline said softly to Elena as they stand outside the garage. "You and Stefan helped make this evening less awkward.

"No problem." Elena smiled at her. "You are my best friend, Caroline, there is very little I wouldn't do for you."

"So, this is how it feels like." Caroline murmured in wonder.

"What, what feels like?" Elena looked at her,

"Be someones best friend and first choice." Caroline smiled with tears in her eyes. "I know that between me and Stefan you would choose me first and I've never really been anyone's first chose before."

"Oh, Care." Elena pulled her into a hug and in a corner of her mind she thought about making a shirt with the text 'Free Hugs for Friends' on it, with an emphasis on friends. She would hate if some unknown stranger came up and just hugged her, Elena shuddered at the thought.

They pull away from each other just in time for Stefan and Matt to pull up in Stefans Porsche.

"Piece of cake!" Matt crowed as he stepped out.

"Why don't you and Caroline take it for a spin?" Stefan asked as he tossed the keys to Matt.

"Really?" Matt looked at Stefan like he had hung the moon or something.

"Yeah." Stefan smiled.

"You just made his year." Elena laughed as she watched Matt and Caroline drive away.

Stefan and Elena had gone up to his room to have something to do until Caroline and Matt came back. Around an hour later Stefan sat up from where he had been writing in his journal. "They're back."

"How?" Elena started to ask then she just shook her head when she remembered his vampire hearing. "Never mind."

They made it down the stairs in time to see the awkward confrontation between Kelly, Matt and Damon.

"I got to..." Matt gestures towards where Kelly had just left.

"Go, it's fine." Caroline laughed and kissed him.

"I'll take Caroline home later." Elena reassured Matt.

"Thanks." Matt called as he rushed out after giving Stefan his car keys back.

"Sorry if we ruined your evening." Elena smiled at Damon.

"Eh, that's fine." Damon shrugged and took a sip from his bourbon.

Before anyone else can say anything the man from the grill jumped through the window and stabbed Stefan with a piece of glass. Damon pushed him of his little brother and engaged him in a fight, all the while Elena and Caroline did their best to stay out of the way.

Stefan removed the glass piece just in time to defend himself from a woman who attacked him. As she pushed him to the floor, Stefan quickly broke the leg off of a wooden chair and staked the woman through the hart.

At the same time Damon managed to send the man flying across the room and when he saw that the woman is dead and that he is outnumbered, he ran.

"Damn it!" Damon cursed.

"I remember them from 1864." Stefan murmured. "They were in the tomb."

"Yeah, about that..." Damon then proceeded to tell them about the visit from Pearl.

When Damon is done, they all just stood there until Elena sighed. "How about we deal with this tomorrow?"

The other three quickly agree, feeling tiredness creep in after a long day.

XOXOXOX

Elena came home to voices in the kitchen after she had dropped Caroline off at home. She assumed that it was Jeremy and Jenna but was shocked when she saw Anna sitting at the breakfast bar with Jeremy.

"What's going on?" Elena asked as she looked at Anna.

Anna looked like a dear caught in headlights and Elena did her best not to crack a smile. Anna shifted and looked at Elena. "I'm sorry that I kidnapped you and then tried to feed you to my mother, but I was desperate to get her back and this was the first chance in 145 years."

"I know that you aren't really sorry, I can also guess that the only reason you are apologizing is that you actually like Jeremy and wants to keep being friends if not more with him. I really don't blame you for any of that." Elena walked over to Jeremy and Anna. "If I had a chance to bring my mom back, there wouldn't be a lot I wouldn't do to make that happen."

"You mean..." Anna looked shocked and hopeful.

"I forgive you." Elena smiled at Anna, then her eyes and smile turned cold. "But if you ever hurt my baby brother, I don't care how old and powerful you are, I will find you and then I will cut off different body parts and see if they grow back or not. We clear?!"

"Yes." Anna nodded quickly, actually feeling scared of this one human girl.

"Good, then you have both my forgiveness and my blessing." Elena beamed, turned to Jeremy to kiss him on the cheek and walked up the stairs with a good night tossed over her shoulder.

Elena made herself ready for bed all the while feeling like she had forgotten something crucial about the man that attacked them at the boarding house and Stefan. As she climbed into bed, she was determined to be cautious the coming days.