"I'll be fine." I say for the hundredth time over the phone. Standing in the cafe bathrooms, I run my free hand through my hair, trying to fluff it up.

"I know, but it doesn't stop me from worrying." He says with a sigh. I smile at his concern

"I'll be back soon Nik, love you."

"Love you too." He replies as I cut the call to an end. Sliding my phone into my pocket, I quickly finish fluffing my hair and head back to the table, careful not to bump into anything.

From across the cafe, I spot Alaric and Caroline, Caroline wearing a frustrated expression and a lovely red shirt.

"Well, I've been a little focused on magic bubble duty. And as you can see by the lack of magic in Mystic Falls, it's a spectacular fail of a mission. And now you're telling me that this whole time no one has been doing anything to help Bonnie and Damon?" Caroline asks incredulously.

" I wouldn't exactly say no one." Ric says with a sigh.

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"Ooh, are yo going to do that super bad-ass thing where you just appear behind someone and terrify them?" I ask in an excited tone, resulting in Caroline's giggle.

"I tried to do that once but I had a huge bu-" I quickly cut my sentence short, realising my mistake as Caroline raises her eyebrows at me.I furrow my eyebrows in mock confusion.

To my great relief, she merely shrugs her shoulders and vamp speeds us behind a man I am yet to meet, I pretend to be out of breath due to its suddenness, with people yet to know that I am a hybrid.

Caroline coughs, grabbing the mans attention.

" Ha ha, well, well well. Well, there's a blast from the past. Blondie," He says,"Hello gorgeous."

I wink at him, not bothering myself with introductions. They're boring and 5 or so minutes later, you forget their name.

"This is Evie." Caroline says, hurriedly. Like a gentleman, he grabs my hand and places a kiss above it.

"Enzo." He says. I decide not to comment on that for I know I will end up comparing him to a muppet. Apparently people don't like to be compared to muppets...

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I sit in Caroline's silver car, don't ask me the model, I don't know cars. Like I was saying, I sit in Caroline's silver car, a coffee in my hand with my head leaned back against the head rest, Caroline's phone on speaker for both of us to hear Elena's voice. Another sign that tells me Caroline doesn't know that I'm a hybrid.

" You're the last person I think would object to me erasing positive memories of Damon from my head." She groans over the phone.

"Yeah, but we are literally chasing a lead. W-what if we find something out? Yeah, you know what if Damon returns home and everything returns back to normal? And you're just sitting there all confused and weird?" Caroline stutters as I release noises in pure annoyance.

"Then Alaric will bring back my memories." Elena says, as if it were no big deal.

"Elena, why must you always take the easy option?" I ask, incredulously. I am almost positive that harder paths have better outcomes.

" I--don't know what to say, I was actually trying to think of what Bonnie would say." Caroline says, gripping my hand for support.

"And...she'd say that you should do what's best for you." I finish for her with a sigh.

With my empty hand, I absent mindedly tap my fingers against the window. "Look, I think it's great that you still have hope, I really do but--for my own survival I need to let him go."

"Well, then go on with your what-would-bonnie-bennett-do plan." Caroline says with a sad laugh, a small smile breaks out across my face.

"Girl bonding, very sweet. I heard you dropped out of school." Enzo says from the backseat.

I sigh. This guy reminds me so much of Damon, it's unbelievable.

"And I heard you were a lurker who was spying on my life. When do we exit?" Caroline asks, releasing my hand.

" Soon, uh. You should reconsider. Looks can only get a girl so far these days." Enzo says with a smirk.

"OK." I interrupt as Caroline gives me a grateful look,"Why doesn't Caroline go and get her things and we get to know each other, yeah?" Caroline gives me another thankful look and clambers out of the vehicle, leaving me alone with Enzo.

For a few moments we sit in silence. Because I am immature, I refuse to be the person to break it so I wait impatiently for him to speak.

"What's your story then?" He asks, curiosity lacing his tone, making him sound more youthful than he probably is.

"Ah, ah, ah, you tell me yours first." I say, turning around in my seat to face him. He sighs but gives in.

"My Mother and Father put me up for adoption," He pauses, taking a deep breath," I wanted to know why, but I fell ill. The Doctor's were all scams... I met a lovely woman called Lily, fell in love with her." He pauses again to take in my expression, I notice the lack f detail but decide not to question it," She turned me and then she left me." We sit in silence again.

"What's your story then?"

I sigh, deciding to go into just as much detail as he did.

"Grew up with my twin in Mystic Falls, became a werewolf, found my mate, married the original hybrid, moved to New Orleans, twin tried to kill me, came back here to visit." I finish, skipping tons of important details.

"The original hybrid?" He asks, shocked and confused as Caroline crawls back into the car. I shrug in his direction, turning my body back towards the front.

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In Savannah, the weather is lovely, the opposite of what the next few hours are likely to be like. I breathe deeply as we stand outside of Stefan's open door, Caroline, Enzo and I.

"What? Where?" Stefan's voice says as the three of us enter through the open door.

"Stefan!" Enzo exclaims, feigning happiness," You are a hard man to track down. Uh, I wasn't sure if you're new..friend would invite us in but she said that this was your place. Which means...open invitation to all your mates, right? "Enzo rubs his hands together again as I look around the room, taking everything in,". Got any bourbon? "(He walks out of the room, leaving Caroline and I with Stefan, She looks a bit angry with her arms folded, she exchanges a look with Stefan, who looks back at her wearing a guilty expression.

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" So, how do you guys know Stefan?" Ivy asks, staring at the three of us curiously as I waste no time in stuffing food into my mouth.

" He and I went to high school together. He used to date my best friend." Caroline says as I swallow quickly.

"One time, he hid all of my in-law family from my husband, my husband was really angry so he burned Stefan's hand." I say with a shrug as Stefan tries to laugh it off as if it were some kind of joke. She gives me a really weirded out look as I smile at her.

"So how did you meet exactly?" Caroline asks, no curiosity to her tone, only bitterness.

"Uh, Ivy's car was in the shop, where I work." Stefan says as I comment quietly.

"My aunt used to have a dog called Ivy." Enzo snorts as Stefan gives me an unamused glance.

"You work at an Auto-Repair shop?" Caroline asks, ignoring Enzo and I. Quietly, I continue to eat whilst ignoring Stefan's glares and Ivy's confused glances.

"It's relaxing." Stefan says, smacking his lips together.

"Is Enzo your boyfriend?" Ivy asks Caroline, allowing me to snort in amusement... I love these kinds of people....

"Ugh, oh god no. Would you date that?" She asks in a disgusted tone as I bight my tongue to stop myself from laughing. So blunt, she sounds like someone talking about Kol.

"Uh, hello. I'm right here, I have super-sensitive hearing. Practically supernatural. Do you believe in the supernatural, Ivy?"He says, causing Stefan to glare at the two of us even more. Little Stefan, pretending to be human. Poor child. That's as successful as Snape pretending to have clean hair.

" I've...never really thought about it." She replies, awkwardly. Likely wondering why her boyfriend has such weird, freaky friends. After all, human Stefan is totally normal.

"I myself, am I believer. Had to get a witch to do a locator's spell to find my buddy here." Caroline, Stefan and Ivy exchange looks, and then they all laugh, although Stefan's and Caroline's are clearly forced.

"So, Stefan, tell us, this house, very charming. When'd you get it?" Enzo asks, dropping his arm over my shoulder in the same way that Marcel does.

" About a month or so ago." Stefan says, pouring himself another glass of wine. I look around. It actually seems a bit boring if you ask me. It's too plain, like a hotel room because it has not been personalised.

" No, more than that, remember? We met two months ago and you already had it."Ivy says, causing Caroline's hurt look to deepen even worse than it already was.

"Well, I guess that's just weird because, you know; everyone thought you were living somewhere else." Caroline says. I watch her closely, wondering how long it will take her to snap.

"And you're job was supposed to be investigative work not Auto-Repair."She continues.

"Clearly he's moved on from that job." I spit sourly.

"How 'bout we just drop it? I'm happy doing what I'm doing now, and that's all that should really matter, right?" he says. I growl in frustration, staring around the room angrily whilst trying to keep my temper in check.

"What is it with all of you and giving up nowadays?" I ask, knowing that I will not receive an answer.

Angrily, Stefan turns to leave but Enzo is much quicker, stabbing a fork into Stefan's hand as Ivy screams and Caroline spits out her wine.

"What the hell is wrong with you?" Stefan asks, ignoring his girlfriends screaming as he winces from the pain.

"So many secrets, what are you running from, Stefan?"Enzo asks as I pull the fork out of Stefan's hand. Ivy's eyes widen as she watches his hand heal almost instantly.

"Calm down, come with me. Let's go upstairs." Caroline says, grabbing Ivy by the chin and compelling her as I rest my feet up on Stefan's table.

"What kind of coward gives up on his own brother?"I ask him spitefully.

"You don't know what you're talking about." Stefan snaps, using superspeed to lunge at Enzo who holds him back by his arm.

"Why don't you enlighten us." Enzo suggests, saying the words through his closed teeth, making it sound all the more predatory.

"If you're not willing to co-operate." i begin with a sly smirk," I have a more than willing husband who will be happy to compel it out of you, he has been rather blood-thirsty recently." I finish, disregarding Enzo's confused look as he stabs a fork into Stefan's neck.

Thinking quickly, Stefan snaps Enzo's neck before he has time to react, giving me a warning look, I deem it best to keep my hybrid identity still hidden.

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"You should probably get him out of here. He'll be up soon and I really don't feel like another go-around." Stefan says, speaking to the two of us as if we are strangers.

"Why? Why don't you care? You're the one who always cared, it's what I liked about you. You know amidst all the crazy in our perfectly-messed-up lives, you cared more than anyone. So how could you just--stop?" She asks, her voice close to breaking as I offer her a concerned look.

"Cause I had to. I had to 'move on'. You know, the months before I moved here I was following every lead that Alaric sent my way. I spoke to every witch, every shaman, every psychic in 20 countries around the globe, and every lead was a dead end." He says with a sigh as I glare pointedly at him.

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