The Music coming from downstairs is terribly loud. I'm in my room finishing up my makeup. I'm wearing a dress similar to Elenas, hers is white but mine is black.
Caroline said it was too 'matchy-matchy', being that I'm blond and my skin is pale so she thought black would look best.
There's a knock at the door and I spin around in my vanity chair.
"Damon" I chirp as he walks in, he's wearing a dark blue shirt and dark pants, and holding something behind his back.
"Happy Birthday Little Mermaid '' He said, making me smile a bit. "Thank you" I tilt my head at him.
"What are you holding there?" He pulls out a pack of papers and hands them to me.
"Happy Birthday" I stare up at him in confusion and take the papers, and start scanning them.
"A couple of lawyers reached out on your birthday, said that you had inherited half of Zach's fortune"
My jaw dropped at this news, I was on his will?!
"Seriously!" I exclaim in pure shock. Damon nods.
"Yup. The lawyers are setting up a date for the weekend so you can sign some papers and then it's yours" I squeal and throw my arms around Damon.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you!"
Damon chuckles. "Now, let's go get elena'' I nod and store the papers away.
I waited outside of Stefan's room for Elena and Damon to emerge.
I'm not all too sure about having this party, I mean no here actually knows it's my birthday. Elena and Damon finally emerge, Elena has his right arm and Damon extends his left arm to me and I gladly take it.
Back downstairs the party is underway. We walk down the stairs and I smile at the people in the hallway wishing us happy birthday.
We come over to the living room where there are a lot of people, they actually fill the entire house. I glance at Damon.
"I don't know who's gonna clean this place up but it's not gonna be me" I grumble at him. A girl goes past us with a bottle in her hand and Damon stops her.
"Oh, hey, hey, hey, hey. You don't want that." He says as I take the bottle from her hands and starts to compel her.
"You want the cheap young stuff over by the cheap young people."
She walks away and Caroline comes up to us.
"You like?" She asks and holds up a hand. "Don't answer that."
Elena looks at her. "This is keeping it small?" Caroline just keeps on smiling. I sigh and walk down the step.
"What are we drinking?" I ask and she smiles, looping her arms around us both.
"Oh...the Stoner den. Buzzkill." Caroline exclaims when we walk into one of the rooms.
Matt comes up to us when he spots us. "Hey guys." He says to us.
"Matt, hey!" Elena exclaims. Matt gives me a quick kiss on the cheek and I can't help but smell something on him before he does the same to Elena.
"Oh." Elena says surprised. "Happy Birthday."
"Thank you." I say as he leaves
Caroline puts on a sarcastic smile.
"He hates me. His hatred of me has driven him to drugs!"
I shake my head at her. "No, He doesn't hate you, he hates that he's not with you." Elena looks off into the room.
"Is that my brother?" Jeremy is smoking the joint in the chair. Elena hands Caroline her drink.
"Thank you."
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"Hello Birthday Girls" Damon says as we walk towards him and Alaric.
"Drink" Elena demands, holding out her hand and taking Damon's class away from him.
I sighed and looked over to Rick, "Jer is smoking, again"
"Is his stash any good?" Damon asked.
Elena turns to him "you're an ass" She repremainds before turning to Rick,
"Talk to him please, he looks up to you" She handed over Damons drink and I waved at them
"See you later boys"
"This room's off limits!" Shouts a voice from inside Damon's room when Elena and I entered.
Elena and I turn around and see Caroline in the bathroom.
"Caroline?" I question. "Sorry" she apologizes. She's holding a blood bag.
"I just needed to take a beat" She puts the bag down and walks up to us. "Are you hiding?" She asks, crossing her arms.
Elena shakes her head. "We were just looking for Damon."
Well, he better be here somewhere because we haven't even done the cake yet." Caroline says.
I wince at the mention of the cake. "I think I'm gonna pass on the whole cake thing." I comment and Elena nods in agreement.
"Me to" I honestly just can't take in the fact that the day I was raised to believe was my birthday really isn't.
Carolines eyes widened. "What? no, no way, no! It's your birthday! You know it's the dawn of a new day and, you can't get on with your life until you have made a wish and blown out the candles."
Elena frowns. "Is that what you all want me to do? Just get on with my life?"
Caroline sighs. "No...Maybe...I just don't think anyone wants to see you like this."
Elena scoffs.
"I'm not gonna give up on finding Stefan, Caroline."
"Of course not. And you shouldn't, but you have to admit that you kinda just letting your life pass you by.
And isn't Stefan the one who wanted to make sure that you lived it?" Caroline comments, proving a small point.
I start to walk away, backing up seeing as I don't fit into this conversation when I spot Damon's closet door open just a little.
I peer inside and see a bunch of maps with little pins in them and notes and articles.
On the door there's a post-it note with "Klaus" handwritten on it, a newspaper article cutout with the heading "DNA found at campsite", and another newspaper article cutout with the heading "Man vanishes Friday night".
"Uh guys?" I call out to them, "What's all that?" Caroline asks as she sees it.
"It's Klaus. Damon's been tracking him without us." Elena says in realization upon seeing the notes.
"Why wouldn't he just tell you?" Caroline asks.
Another article cutout with the heading "Body Discovered at Drive-In" and post-it notes with "Stefan" and "Neck wounds" handwritten on them can be seen.
"I don't know."
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