The next morning after a relaxing shower, Elena put on tight black leather pants, bellybutton top, dark red leather jacket and dark red high heeled shoes. She decided to complete the outfit with smokey eyes, dark plum colored lipstick and a choker.

Ten minutes later she was sitting at the breakfast bar eating a sandwich and drinking apple juice when Jeremy walked in and sat down beside her gingerly.

"You okay, Jere?" Elena looked up at her little brother.

"Yes... no... yes... I don't know." Jeremy mumbled as he started at the counter top.

Elena pushed away the breakfast and turned her whole body towards Jeremy, indicating that her had all of her attention. "Talk to me. You know I won't judge you."

"..." Jeremy muttered something to quietly for Elena to hear.

"You need to talk louder, Jere, I'm not a vampire." Elena chuckled.

"I...eh...I might have... slept with Tyler." Jeremy looked up at her, fear of rejection in his eyes.

"Was it consensual?" Elena asked softly.

"Yes, absolutely." Jeremy hurried to reassure his sister.

"So... how was it?" Elena asked with a smirk and twinkling eyes.

"It was... amazing." Jeremy sighed and sank back against the chair he was sitting on, then he gave a little wince.

"From the way you wince and move I assume Tyler was the pitcher and you the catcher." Elena chuckled.

"Elena!" Jeremy looked like a stop light in the face.

"What?!" Elena started to laugh. "But seriously though, as long as you are okay and happy, that's all that matters."

Jeremy stood up and hugged her to him, "Thank you, Lena."

"So, what are you going to do today?" Elena asked after a while.

"I'm going to talk to Matt about seeing his dead sister." Jeremy sighed; he was not looking forward to that conversation.

"It's a side effect of Bonnie bringing you back, right?" Elena asked softly.

"Yeah and it doesn't really bother me but it feels like Vicki needs to say something to Matt so here I am, Mystic Fall resident Ghost Whisperer." Jeremy did jazz hands as he said the last part.

"Can you talk to mom?" Elena asked hesitantly.

"No, I can't." Jeremy looked a little sad at that. "According to what Bonnie has found, what I see is the other side and only supernatural's end up there and mom and dad were completely human."

"That is both sad and a relief." Elena murmured.

"And what are you doing today?" Jeremy asked to change the subject.

"Well, first I'm going to go and talk to Damon and Enzo for a bit, mostly I'm just going to steal Damon's expensive bourbon and then Tyler asked me to meet him at the grill." Elena shrugged and went to put her glass in the sink.

"Yeah, it's the full moon tonight and your scent calms the wolf down." Jeremy nodded as he remembered what Tyler had told him.

"Apparently." Elena shrugged, kissed Jeremy on the cheek and walked towards the door. "See ya later, little brother."

"See you later, Alpha." Jeremy called back with a smirk, resulting in Elena giving him the middle finger before she closed the door.

XOXOXOX

Elena walked into the boardinghouse while humming Sweet Dreams quietly to herself, but when she walked into the parlor she froze and then she started to smirk. Damon was straddling Enzo on the couch on the two of them were making out like teenagers.

She wondered how long it would take them do realize that she was there. Elena walked over to the alcohol table and poured herself some bourbon as she watched Damon's shirt be pulled off and thrown to the side.

When Damon started to unbutton Enzo's pants Elena decided it was time to make them aware that she was there. "You know, it's not that I don't enjoy the show, because I do, but I thought you had something to discuss with me?"

"Elena!" Damon jumped back from Enzo in shock, resulting in him falling on his back on the floor.

"Damon!" Elena called back and started to laugh.

"You said you'd be here around noon." Damon accused as he stood up from the floor.

"It is noon." Elena chuckled and poured two more glasses of bourbon for Enzo and Damon.

"Thank you, gorgeous." Enzo smiled as he accepted the glass from her.

"You're welcome." Elena hummed and held out the other glass to Damon.

"Wait, did you say you enjoyed 'the show'?" Damon asked after he had taken a big gulp of his bourbon.

"Yep." Elena sat down beside Enzo, ignoring the bulge in his pants. "Two gorgeous men making out, what more could a girl ask for?"

"Your mind is a dark, kinky and weird place, spitfire." Damon chuckled.

"Thank you." Elena beamed at him. "So, what did you want to talk to me about?"

"We wanted to ask if we could borrow the Gilbert cabin for a little get away?" Damon rushed out, as if he was embarrassed to ask.

"Of course, you can." Elena smiled at them. "You are both always welcome at the Gilbert cabin."

"You are awesome, gorgeous." Enzo kissed her on the side of the head.

"And don't you forget it." Elena bounced up and pulled out her keys from her jacket. "Here, that's the key to the cabin, have fun and don't do anything I wouldn't do."

"I'll owe you one." Damon smiled as he took the key.

"Pack don't owe pack." Elena patted him on the cheek and started to walk out of the boarding house, but called out one lasting time, "Don't forget to use enough lube!"

Before the door closed, she could hear Enzo choking on his bourbon as Damon burst out into belly shaking laughter and Elena smiled to herself.

XOXOXOX

Elena walked into the grill and looked around for Tyler, she knew she was early but if Tyler wasn't here yet, she would just order some fries or something and read until he arrived. She saw him by the pool table and walked over with a smile.

"Hi, Tyler." Elena's smile turned into a teasing smirk. "I heard you had a good night."

Tyler missed the shot as he choked on nothing and began spluttering. "Huh?"

"So how does it feel to have deflowered dear innocent Jeremy?" Elena chuckled.

"Alpha?!" Tyler looked both embarrassed and slightly horrified.

"Aww, come here." Elena pulled him into a hug and Tyler nuzzled her neck as subtly as he could and she felt the tension of the full moon bleed out of him.

"I needed that." Tyler murmured as he pulled back. "Thank you."

"Any time, Tyler, any time." Elena smiled. "By the way, have you seen Caroline? I've tried calling her but she's not picking up."

"We were supposed to meet and have lunch but she hasn't shown up." Tyler looked around to see if Caroline had walked in. "According to mom, she snuck out of the house this morning. That of course, mom thinks I slept with her and that Jeremy slept in the guest room."

"I assumed your dad was homophobic but I thought your mom would be more open minded." Elena hummed softly.

"She is but I think she assumed I slept with Caroline because I've never shown interest in a guy before." Tyler told her. "But something odd happened this morning..."

"What?" Elena coaxed when Tyler trailed off.

"My mom put vervain in my coffee." Tyler looked up at Elena.

"Do you think she did something to Caroline?" Elena asked with a harsh edge to her voice.

"I don't know but we could ask her and then try and show her that Caroline isn't a monster or something." Tyler offered hesitantly, he knew that if Elena had to choose between Caroline and his mother, she would choose Caroline without a thought.

"Yeah that sounds like a plan." Elena agreed and stared to walk towards the door. "You're driving, because I only brought one helmet."

Elena and Tyler ran into Mason in the entrance hall of the Lockwood mansion and Mason quickly walked up to Elena and nuzzled her neck like Tyler had done earlier. As Mason took reassurance from the close proximity to his Alpha, Tyler and Elena explained the situation to him.

"I'll go with you." Mason said quietly.

"You okay?" Elena asked and stroked her hand through his hair.

"Not really, but I will be." Mason smiled gratefully at her and gave a last nuzzle to her neck.

Tyler led the way up to his father's old office where his mother was sitting at the desk.

"Tyler, Mason, what can I help you with?" Carol looked up, then she did a double take as she saw Mason holding Elena's hand. "Elena?"

"You put vervain in my coffee this morning." Tyler stated slowly. "Why?"

"Vervain?" Carol tried to act confused. "What are you talking about?"

"Let's skip the part where we pretend de don't know about the vampires in this town." Mason scoffed quietly.

"You were testing me to see if I was a vampire." Tyler said. "I want to know why."

"You've been spending so much time with Caroline." Carol explained with a sad lilt to her voice. "I had to know for sure."

"What does Caroline have to do with it?" Tyler tried to protect Caroline but it sadly didn't work.

"Let's skip the part where we pretend, she's not one of them." Carol looked at her son.

"Did you do something to her?" Mason asked with a low growl as he felt his Alpha tense.

"I don't want Tyler to be with her." Carol said as she looked between the three other people in the office.

"Where is she, mom?" Tyler demanded to know.

"I can't let you be together." Carol denied him.

"First of all, Caroline is my friend, nothing more!" Tyler raised his voice.

"I heard you last night, Tyler!" Carol stood up.

"That wasn't me and Caroline." Tyler groaned and blushed. "That was me and Jeremy."

"What?" Carol sat down on the office chair in shock.

"That's not important right now!" Mason growled louder this time.

"He's right. Now, what did you do with Caroline?" Tyler asked almost desperately. "Where is she?"

"You can't be friends with her." Carol denied again. "She's a monster."

"You don't know about me and Mason, do you?" Tyler murmured lowly.

"Know what?" Carol wondered. "Know what, Tyler?!"

"Come on, there is something we need to show you." Tyler said and started walking out the room, followed by Elena, Mason and a hesitant Carol.

"Are you sure about this, Tyler?" Elena asked softly.

"Yeah, I'm sure." Tyler nodded, then he turned to look at Elena. "Do I have your permission, Alpha?"

"Why are you calling Elena 'Alpha'?" Carol asked. "And why are you to deferring to her and why are you both touching her all the time?"

Elena ignored Carol and placed a gentle hand on Tyler's cheek. "You have my permission."

"Thank you." Tyler leaned his head against her hand for a few seconds before they were all walking again.

"What is happening?" Carol demanded do know.

"We are about to show you." Mason said as Tyler led the way to the old Lockwood cellar.

"Tyler, what is it?" Carol asked as they walked down into the cellar. "Just... just tell me."

"You need to see for yourself." Tyler explained as he picks up some chains and Mason does the same.

"What are you doing?" Carol sounded slightly freaked as she watched as both her son and her brother in law chained themselves up with the help of Elena.

"You think Caroline is a monster?" Tyler asked and then he gratefully accepted a scarf from Elena that was soaked in her scent. "Me and Mason are the monsters, mom."

"What?" Carol looked scared and confused.

"Here, Mason." Elena handed him her shirt, leaving her in her bra and leather jacket.

"Thank you." Mason nuzzled her again.

"Tyler, what's happening?" Carol asked.

"Come on." Elena grabbed Carol and pushed her into the cellar and locked the chain so the door wouldn't open as both Mason and Tyler grunted in pain.

Elena quickly sent a text to Damon, Jeremy, Stefan, Jenna and Alaric telling them where she was and that she not might not be able to answer if they called.

"Me, Uncle Mason, it's in our blood." Tyler explained as he grunted in pain again. "It's our family curse."

"What curse?" Carol demanded to know as both Mason and Tyler started to scream and grunt in pain as their bones began to break. "Tyler, what's happening?!"

"Stop screaming, Carol." Elena said calmy. "They won't be able to answer."

Tyler looked up at them, his eyes are almost glowing yellow and his mouth is filled with fangs.

"Oh, my God!" Carol screamed and backed away from the door. "Ohh! No! Ohh!"

"If you haven't figured it out by now, they're werewolves." Elena sat down beside the door as calm as a clam, whatever that meant.

"But how?" Carol almost sobbed. "Who bit my son?"

"It doesn't work like that." Elena explained softly as Mason and Tyler finally finished their transformation. "As Tyler said; it's a family curse. Werewolves aren't bitten or infected, they are born."

"I think I would have noticed if my husband disappeared and turned into a wolf every full moon." Carol glared.

"Your husband hadn't triggered the curse so he didn't turn, but he was still considered non-human." Elena hummed. "Otherwise the Gilbert device wouldn't have affected him."

"How do you trigger the... curse?" Carol hesitantly asked.

"That is not for me to tell you." Elena looked at her. "If Mason and Tyler want you to know, they'll tell you."

Carol grew silent and observed as Tyler and Mason in their wolf forms rolled around in Elena's clothes. "Are you sleeping with Mason?"

"What?" Elena spluttered out in shock.

"Are you sleeping with Mason?" Carol asked again with a stronger voice.

"What gave you that idea?" Elena chuckled.

"The way he was touching you earlier and he refused to let go of your hand." Carol said like it was obvious.

Elena started to laugh which gained the attention off the two Lockwood wolfs. They slowly made their way over to the door and sniffed the air, then they started to wag their tails and press up against the door to get closer to Elena, their Alpha.

Tyler's wolf form was a dark grey that almost looked black in the low light of the cellar, while Mason's form was a lighter grey with some blond streaks. They both tried to nuzzle her through the bars of the door so Elena scratched them behind the ears and along their heads.

Carol tried to approach but both Tyler and Mason started to growl deep in their chest and the fur on their backs started to raise as they showed their aggression and displeasure.

"I wouldn't come closer if I were you." Elena told her. "Werewolves tend to attack and kill humans when they are in their wolf form."

"But they are trying to get closer to you and nuzzle you." Carol muttered confused.

"I'm their Alpha." Elena stated simply as Tyler and Mason laid down outside the door as if to protect Elena.

"How long have you known about the supernatural?" Carol asked after a while as she sat down further back in the cellar.

"I've known for over two years." Elena shrugged as she gently cradled her hand through Mason's fur. "There are more supernatural beings in this town than you know."

"Like what?" Carol looked at her.

"I won't give you any names so you can't try and hunt them down later, if that is what you think." Elena glared at her and both the wolfs shifted as they felt the tension from their Alpha.

"I won't ask for any names." Carol assured quickly. "I'm just curious."

"Well, there are werewolves as you can see." Elena gestured towards Mason and Tyler with a smirk. "Then you already know about vampires, but we also have witches, ghosts and doppelgängers. And that's only the beings in Mystic Falls."

"I assume that witches and ghosts are basically like the stories." Carol murmured. "But what are doppelgängers?"

"We don't really know what makes a doppelgänger." Elena explained, even though she knew exactly why they existed. "But they are very rare, exact copies of another person and their blood can lend a lot of power in certain spells or rituals."

"Have I ever met a doppelgänger?" Carol looked at Elena as she snorted.

"Oh, dear Carol, you are talking to one right now." Elena chuckled.

"What?" Carol looked shocked.

"I'm a doppelgänger." Elena hummed. "And if you have ever met me with curly hair than you have met my ancestor and doppelgänger; Kathrine Peirce."

"I recognize that name." Carol looked thoughtful.

"You should." Elena nodded. "She was the ward of Giuseppe Salvatore back in 1864."

"Right, the father of the original Salvatore brothers." Carol nodded as she remembered the transcripts from the Lockwood family. Then she frowned as she noticed Elena smirking at her. "What?"

"The original Salvatore brothers." Elena started to laugh. "Damon and Stefan."

"What... wait a minute." Carol gasped. "Are you telling me that the Damon, who is on the council, and his little brother Stefan are the Damon and Stefan from 1864?!"

Elena just raised her eyebrow at her, knowing that thanks to Elijah, Carol had stopped taking vervain which meant that Elena could ask one of several vampires she knew to compel Carol into forgetting that small detail if it was needed.

The rest of the night was spent with Carol asking Elena about what had been going on under the council's noses in Mystic Falls. Elena told her everything in broad strokes but she refused to out either Klaus or Elijah to Carol, or anyone else for that matter.

Several hours later as Tyler and Mason woke up naked Carol had come to grips with everything and smiled reassuringly at her son. "I'll take care of it. I'll make sure nothing happens to Caroline."

"Thank you." Tyler smiled tiredly but genuinely at his mom.

As Elena walked into the Gilbert house a while later, she smiled even though she was exhausted. She was happy for Tyler that his mother seemed to accept him both as a werewolf and as bi-sexual.

She slowly changed into one of Jeremy's big t-shirts and walked into Jeremy's room where he was sleeping soundly. Elena gently bent down to kiss him on the head while whispering 'I love you, little brother' before she walked back to her own room to crawl into bed and sleep.