162 Huh?

"Maria why would you do that?" Elena exclaims rushing towards the Griffith girl.

"I had to kill her or she was going to kill you" Maria says through staggered breaths. Killing someone with her powers isn't something she's used to.

Elena shook her head.

"No, I'm not talking about Vicki. I'm talking about you using your powers on her, Maria" The brunette scolds staring at her pointedly.

Maria rolls her eyes causing Elena to cross her arms.

"What were you thinking? You know whenever you use your powers now it just sends a signal out to anyone looking for you" The enchantress chuckles humorlessly.

"And what was I supposed to do Elena, Huh? Was i just supposed watch Vicki drain the life out of you and let you die?" Maria snaps her accent peaking out more as she grows angrier.

"Stefan is a vampire too, he has speed" Elena bites back with a glare.

"And so does Vicki, she could have just sped away and then what? You'd be gone and dead" Maria glares daggers at the brunette.

She just saved her life, why is she so upset?

Elena goes to say something, but it's forgotten when Maria stumbles a bit, wincing as she holds a hand to her head.

"Are you okay?" Elena asks, her eyes softening instantly. Maria takes slow deep breaths.

"Yes, it's just a headache. I'm fine" She grumbles out moving to stand up straight. Elena furrows her eyebrows in concern.

"That's what you said last time, Maria" She attempts to help Maria regain her balance only for her hands to be pushed away.

"And last time it was just a headache. I'm fine Elena, I promise. You worry too much" Elena huffs at the island girls words.

Or maybe you don't worry enough, the brunette thought.

Their moment of silence was interrupted by a low whistle.

"What happened here?" The girls look up to meet the smirk of the eldest Salvatore.

"Pillow fight gone wrong?" Elena couldn't help but roll her eyes at him.

"You disgust me" Damon grins cheekily.

"Oh you love me" The brunette nearly puked.

"Not a chance in hell"

The next morning Stefan is asleep at the desk in his room. He's startled awake by the book in his lap falling to the floor.

He looks around confused for second before he spots the book on the floor next to his chair. As he goes to reach for it, he's again startled by his bedroom door bursting open.

"Happy birthday baby!" Maria exclaims cheerfully as she saunters through the door, closing it behind her.

Stefan grins widely at her but glowers when he sees that she's holding a mini cake that says 'Happy Birthday Grandma!' in bold green letters.

"What?" She asks innocently holding up the cake.

"You don't like it?" Stefan rolls his eyes playfully.

"Oh no, I love it. The grandma part especially, nice touch" Maria couldn't help but laugh.

She placed the cake down on his desk before pulling him into a tight hug.

"Happy birthday, Green eyes" Maria whispers into his ear, the vampire brightens up at the nickname.

"Thank you, Angel" Stefan says planting multiple pecks to her lips. When Maria goes to pull away, he grips her waist tighter.

"I think I deserve another kiss" He says puckering his lips, waiting. Maria giggles before leaning in and kissing him deeply.

Stefan sighs breathlessly after they pull away.

"I should get kisses like that all the time" He claims licking his lips.

Maria pretends to think.

"Hmm. Only if you earn it" She smirks at her boyfriend. Stefan sighs dramatically.

"I guess I can't use the dead parents card, Huh?" Maria laughs loudly at his words.

"Nope" She shakes her head.

"Damn it" He playfully curses, snapping his finger.

"What about my brother's a psychopathic killer?" Stefan suggest wrapping his arm back around her waist. Maria scoffs

"Please, Damon is no match for Tiare on his best day" Stefan raises his eyebrows and nods in agreement.

"Well, I got nothing" He hangs his head causing Maria to run her hand through his soft hair.

"Sorry, guess you don't get any special kisses" The Griffith girl coos mockingly. Stefan lifts his head up to glare playfully at her.

"You know I am 162, might not live to see the next one. You should kiss me now while you still can" She squints her eyes in mock suspicion.

"I don't know, you look pretty young for your age" Stefan chuckles softly.

"It's just the moisturizer" Maria rolls her eyes while playfully nudging him.

"You are a joke" The vampire pushes her closer towards his body, so close that their lips are inches apart.

"Does that mean you'll kiss me?" His whispers huskily against her lips.

"You're unbelievable" Maria shakes her head causing their lips to brush. It drives Stefan crazy.

"So...kiss?" He pushes griping her waist tightly. Maria snickers at his eagerness.

"Fine, I guess because it is your birthday" She sighs in defeat.

"And I can't resist your adorable green eyes" She meets his gaze and becomes enthralled with his eyes all over again.

"Enough with the chit chat, give me a kiss...Please?" Stefan licks his lips moving impossibly closer to her.

"When did you get so needy?" Maria questions just to mess with him.

"When you put kisses on the table" He spoke fast, hoping it would make her kiss him faster.

"Unbelievable" She smiles wrapping her arms around his neck.

"Kiss me" Maria finally closes the gap as they kiss like it was their first time, soft and gently.

But after a few seconds it deepens and grows hungry, leaving the one who needs air gasping for breath.

After she catches her breath they lean their foreheads against each other's.

"You know I don't think I've ever kissed a grandma before" Stefan nudges her nose with his, a smile stretched across his face.

"Shut up"

Elena and I walk out of the police station.

"I didn't even like the bitch and I had to get interrogated" I scoff dusting invisible filth off my clothes.

"How sensitive of you, it's not like she's dead or anything" Elena smiled sarcastically. I scowled at her.

"So? She made me miss the party and almost killed you. I say bye bye crack whore and to hell she goes" I grumble stomping away to a waiting Stefan by my car.

If you want to know why I'm annoyed it's because I was dragged away from my ancient boyfriend on his birthday to be interrogated about the "disappearance" of some girl that I don't even care about. And so what I killed her? As far as anyone else knew, Vicki and I barely even knew each other existed. Anyways it's over now, I'm going to spend the rest of my day with Stefan...and his bestfriend that popped out of nowhere. She's actually really cool and is good at manipulating Stefan into having fun, so she's definitely a keeper in my books.

"Now that that's over" I say as I finally stand in front of Stefan. I don't let him respond before I pull him into a tight hug.

"You're not allowed to be away from me anymore today" Stefan mumbles into my hair. I smile against his chest.

"Deal"

Elena having made it back home, slams her bedroom door shut. She tosses her bag on the day bed.

"They are so good together, it's so ugh!" She groans kicking off her shoes before plopping on her bed face down.

"Tell me about it" Damon mumbles while focusing on reading the book in his hands.

Elena says something but it comes out muffled.

"Actual words please" He says flipping the page.

The brunette lifts her head up from the bed.

"I said I feel like a total loser that has a hopeless crush on the popular girl who barely knows I exist" Elena repeats with a finished huff. The vampire hums in agreement.

"That's because you are and you do, except you're just stuck in the friend zone so you can see her perfect relationship up close and agonizingly personal" He remarks not taking his eyes off the pages. The girl glares at the vampire.

"Asshole" Elena mutters shoving him.

"Loser" Damon grins as she scoffs.

Elena finally taking notice of the book, notices how familiar it looks.

"Hey, what are you reading?" She furrows her eyebrows.

"Oh just some journal I found behind an ugly ceramic mermaid over there" Damon responds pointing towards a shelf in her room. The brunette gasps in horror.

"You're reading my diary?!" She snatches the book away from his hands, holding it tightly against her chest.

Damon turned to smirk at her cheekily.

"Yes, but it seems I didn't get to the dirty fantasies about Maria yet" He raises his eyebrows suggestively causing Elena to roll her eyes.

She places the dairy on the nightstand next to her, away from the diary snatcher.

"You know when I said you're welcomed here anytime, that wasn't an invitation to snoop through my stuff" The girl huffed crossing her arms like a child.

"I wasn't. An ugly eye sore of a mermaid caught my attention and I just happened to see your diary" He shrugs sitting up from his leaned back position. She narrows her eyes at him.

"Oh so you just also happened to pick it up, open it, and read it too?" Elena snaps at him. He thinks of his answers for a moment before responding.

"Yeah, pretty much" He nods. Elena picks up her pillow and wacks him with it, he lets it happen even though he saw it coming. He kind of deserved it.

"You know you're stuff is kinda good, almost as depressing as Stefan's" Damon praises sarcastically. The Gilbert girl glares at him once again.

"Is that supposed to be a compliment?" She grits out, standing up from her bed to walk over to her shelf. She places the diary back in its original spot.

"Of course it is, why wouldn't it be" Elena gives the male an incredulous look. He returns it with a smirk.

"I genuinely wonder what occurs in that mind of yours" Elena grumbles crossing her arms. Damon shrugs taking no offense.

"Anyways, what shall we do today brownie?" He asked rising from his spot on her bed.

"We aren't doing anything. I'm going to the grill with the girls" Elena says while going to her closet.

Ever since Maria had given her that makeover, Elena dressed different. If it had to be put into an aesthetic category, she be in the soft girl aesthetic.

She stood in front of the mirror as she adjusted her white pleated skirt. Elena jumped as Damon appeared behind her.

"Cute skirt" He whispered in her ear. She rolled her eyes before shoving him away.

"Come on. We're like besties...or whatever you teenage girls say now. So we should hang out" Elena gives Damon a blank stare as he tries to reason.

"We're not besties" The brunette denied stubbornly even though she knew they hang out way too often to just be acquainted. Damon rolled his eyes.

"Oh right, my bad. We're just two people that are in a super secret club that involves pining after the same girl that we're never gonna have, completely slipped my mine" He mocks hitting his head in confusion.

"Okay whatever. But there's still another reason why you want to hang out" Damon sighs dramatically when Elena turns to look at him expectantly.

"And you also happen to be one of the only people I can tolerate in this town. Plus I figured I could piss Stefan off since he probably thinks that I'm corrupting you" The vampire smirked mischievously at the thought. Elena gave out a defeated sigh at the sight.

If the girl learned one thing in becoming friends with the vampire its that it's better to get on board with his schemes than be caught in the crossfire.

Elena rolled her eyes again.

"Fine, what did you have in mind?" Damon's smirk grew as did a dark glint in his eyes.

"I'm glad you asked"

"Come on Stefan, it's a party. Who doesn't want to party on their birthday?" Lexi asks her bestfriend who refused to attend any kind of event for his birthday.

"I told you I don't want a birthday party. Plus I don't think it's the smartest thing for me to get drunk" He tried to reason. Lexi flops onto the couch with a groan.

Maria enters the room from the kitchen whilst looking down at her phone.

"Hey, did you guys here about the party? Damon convinced Jac to throw it, it's gonna be huge" The island girl spoke looking up from her phone. Lexi scowls in disgust.

"Damon's throwing the party?" Maria shakes her head.

"No, Jac is throwing the party. Damon is just up to something, nothing out of the usual. Doesn't mean we shouldn't have a good time thought" Maria shrugs simply in it for a good time and to celebrate Stefan.

"No guys, come on. I'm not going to the party, let's just stay here and..." Stefan trails off once he noticing Maria's challenging stare.

Maria raises an eyebrow tempting him to defy her.

Stefan sighs running his hand down his face.

"Fine whatever, we'll go to the party. I hope you know we'll probably end up having to clean up one of Damon's messes" Stefan grumbles and pouts like a child.

Maria and Lexi grin towards one another.

"Come on Alex, let's go even more hotter than we already are" Lexi eagerly stands up from her seat on the couch.

"You don't have to tell me twice"

"Damon where the hell are we?" Elena snaps wrapping her arms around her body to keep warm in the chilly fall air.

Damon continues taking large strides as she follows closely behind. They were in some sketchy town in Richmond and Elena was starting to regret going with him.

"Relax Brownie, you'll be fine. Quit your worrying" He chides from in front of her. Damon can literally feel her burning gaze on the back of his neck.

"Damon, we are in some sketchy town at night in the middle of freaking nowhere! How can I not worry?" The brunette snaps glancing around herself cautiously.

The vampire rolls his eyes at her dramatics.

"Relax please, you're giving me migraine. You're with the sociopathic killer vampire" Damon pauses to turn around and look at her.

"You're the safest one in town" He smirks as her glare only hardens.

"If only that heated glare could keep you warm" The vampire tsks moving to turn back around. He chuckles when she gapes at him.

"I'm kidding" He laughs seeming to be the only one of the two who found it funny. He shrugs his jacket off.

"Here, take it. I'll be damned if I have to listen to your teeth clatter all night" Elena rolled her eyes but took the jacket nonetheless.

"Thank you. Now will you please tell me where we're going?" She asks while pulling on the jacket.

The two begin walking again. The blue eyed vampire smirks evilly.

"We are going to catch a vampire" Elena chokes on her spit.

"To catch a what? You guys kill your own species?" She asks with a judge mental tone. Damon glances back at her with a scowl.

"You humans kill each other all the time" He bites back cooly. Elena opens and closes her mouth looking for a response.

"Well yeah, you're right about that one" She couldn't help but to simply shrug and continue.

"Plus, we're not exactly killing a vampire. We have to turn him first then kill him" Damon couldn't help but feel giddy. It's been a minute since his last kill, he was going to enjoy this.

He heard Elena's shoes scuff against the ground as she came to a sudden stop.

"You're going to turn someone into a vampire without their consent, an innocent person" Elena stared at him in disbelief and disgust.

Damon turned around and pursed his lips.

"Not an innocent person, a certified sex offender who gets a kick out of harassing teenage girls. But if you want me to choose someone else be my guess, I couldn't care less" The vampire stared at the girl expectantly awaiting her answer.

She looked down at her shoes before nodding.

"Great. Come on we're here"

Elena couldn't quite understand why Damon would be going through the trouble of turning someone into a vampire just to kill them. It didn't make sense and didn't sound very Damon like.

Then it clicked. He needs a vampire to present to the council so that they wouldn't look anywhere near him or Stefan. She's heard all about the council and their plans from Damon.

She knew that they knew there was a vampire in town, she wondered what they would do if they found out it was the very same person that they happen to be working with.

All of this going on and I decided to come with, the brunette scolded herself. She shakes her head as she hurries up to meet Damon.

The both of them enter some empty building.

"Okay so" He begins turning around to face her. He begins pushing her backwards against her protests into a nice looking empty office.

"You stay here while I go and do all the work, k? Oh and if anything happens use the pocket knife that you have tucked under your skirt" He smirks as her face flushes red. Damon walks backwards towards the door.

"Lock the door behind me" and with that he's off, closing the door behind him. Elena locks the door with a sigh.

She looks around the office spotting a remote and a flatscreen TV.

The brunette plops into the office chair deciding to make herself comfortable. She grabs the remote and cuts the tv on, placing her feet up on the desk.

"Yup, I'm definitely gonna be here for a while"

Lexi, Stefan, and I have finally made it to the party. It was about 9:30 but the party started an hour ago. Since Jac is the one who planned it, It wasn't in mystic grill, it was at some really nice club a mile over.

The lights were flashing, the music was loud, drinks were delicious and free with the magical persuasion of Jac. This night was going to be amazing.

I turned to Stefan with a grin. He narrowed his eyes at me but returned the smile nonetheless.

Lexi glance between before excusing herself to the bar.

"What?" He asked me. I shrugged innocently.

"Oh nothing nothing, just that you're actually going to have to dance. You think you can handle that?" I squint my eyes at him with a smirk. He chuckles with a shake of his head.

"I don't think I have much of a choice" Stefan quips in response. I lean in to peck his lips.

"You're right, you don't" I pull away and look over the crowd. I spot Jac and Elena by the bar who are accompanied by Lexi and Damon.

"Come on, everyone is over there" I nod towards the group. I grab Stefan's hand and we walk towards them.

I'd like to say we looked like a super hot power couple.

"Finally decided to join us instead of swallowing each other?" Jac asks as soon as we join them. I scoff and shove her playfully.

"Ah the birthday boy, are you ready to let loose? I mean you only turn 162 once, right?" Damon remarks patting Stefan on his shoulder. Stefan couldn't help but smile.

"As much as I despise him, Damon is right. You need to let loose Stefan, just relax for awhile" Lexi advised whilst taking a sip from her drink.