Always and forever Logs

Never Tear us Apart - 5

In Toronto

Joel got to his office after a long day having worked a double shift, so to make up for the days he got off.

Alex knocked at his office door, who was ajar and walked in.

"I am out of here, whatever it is, you didn't find me!"-Joel said.

"I just wanted to wish you... break a leg!"- she said.

"Very funny, but isn't that for theatre people?!"-

"Well, don't you play in operating theatres every day?! Anyway, I am glad you called her"

"Yeah, well...it kinda was the other way around, but I have to hurry or I will miss my plane and I really want to catch it"-Joel said and hurried off waving  a goodbye to Alex.

"And he got snatched by an unknown girl, who he has walked all over him and yet he is running to get her back!"-Meg walked to Alex., who didn't reply to Meg's bitter remark. Both women just exchanged nasty looks and walked away in different directions. They wondered what this woman looked like, the one that completely had Joel Goran's heart kicking alive.

In Mystic Falls, a day or two without vampire trouble was a gift.

"Damon is back!"-Caroline announced to Elena as she came to the Grill.

"I know."-Elena said slumping with her shoulders. Bonnie and I just spoke to him.

"What does he want back?"-Caroline continued.

"Did you ever figure out what Damon is doing, except pissing people off for fun."- Matt came up to them.

"Don't tell me he has a virus too, he was hooking up with Katherine, so she claims?!"- Caroline remarked.

"Well, he waited for her for 140 years. It makes total sense that they would hook up."-Elena said thinking of what Elijah said to her- 'Kindred souls always find their way to one another'

Then her mind wondered to her night with Joel, as they layed together and he looked at her dreamily -
'I look at you and it's like you rip into me with these eyes and it's like you knew me forever'

"Elena-"Caroline now called her friend-"where are you?... I guess with Ejoel?!"- Caroline said.

"Ha?"-Elena switched to the real world back and said-"I think that something happened when Elijah died"

"What are you talking about? Did you get a message from the other side just now?!"-Caroline asked.

"No, it's just... I don't know."

"He is a doppelganger and if he is bound to be in some ways luke Elijah"- Matt said.

"Uh, I have to stop thinking about him!"-she got up.

"Where are you going?-Caroline asked.

"Home. Shopping? Let's do something -whatever."

"See you later, Matt."- both women said.

"Yep"- Matt said an went back to the bar.

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When Joel arrived in Richmond and since he had a late flight, decided to sleep over and hire a car to drive to Mystic Falls. Everything strangely looked very familiar to him as if he had been in Virginia before, and yet this was his first trip there. He played with the phone, wanting to ring Elena and then he went for the option to surprise her. That was another thing that was so not Joel, and yet things like these had become an unconscious pattern to him. He put the navigator on for Mystic Falls. 

"Let's see why you ran away, lovely Elena!"- he said as he set off. 

In Mystic Falls, Elena returned to her house with the bags of shopping. She tossed them on the sofa. She went to the kitchen and took some water. Her phone rang. 

"Stefan?! Hey..."- she said.

"I didn't see you message before. Thanks for letting me know that Damon is there. He is not picking up any of my calls. What did he want?"- Stefan said.

"He said that he is back for no particular reason. He was like- why can't I be back here - it's my home, too."- Elena reduced her meeting with Damon.

"I am in Chicago, but I will get down asap."- Stefan said.

The  doorbell went and she walked over to it- she opened it wide and simply said a bit absent-minded-

"Got to go, Stefan."- Elena hung up.

"Hello..."- Joel said, 

Elena looked at him in the same shellschocked manner as when she saw him for the first time in the cafe back in Toronto. Not in a million years did she expect to see him standing there.

"Hey..."- she said smiling a little-"come in."

Joel walked in looking around the house for a second and then at her.

"I had this call from a friend of yours... "

"And you are here." Elena said with her soul shining.

"I am here."- he uttered. 

There was mutual gladness and akwardness between them. 

"It's obvious that you are glad to see me?!"

"I am."- Elena admitted-"but how did you know where I lived? Sorry...it just ... I-"

"People in this pretty  little town know your father, the doctor so very well..."- Joel explained.

"I thought Caroline called you again..."- Elena said.

"The meddling fiend?!" he said.

"Sort off."- Elena remarked.

Then suddenly they heard the kitchen back door go and Damon whizzed in.

"I thought I heard a very familiar voice and I said to myself that this can't be for real, because aren't YOU supposed to be dead with your brother and sister?! And what's with this casual jeans look?!"- Damon butted in.

"Damon!!"- Elena shouted angrily- "GET OUT!"

"He smells human!"- Damon continued.

Joel looked at Damon as if he was some kind of weird nutter.

"OUT!"- Elena shouted once again at Damon.

"Elena said that you should leave- so why don't you hit the road!"- Joel then said to Damon standing in a position ready to punch him if it was necessary.

Elena knew that in this case Joel couldn't do anything to Damon and she now tried to defuse the situation.

"I'll talk to you later, Damon. Would you just go?!"

"This is a doppelganger?!Right?! "- Damon said not wanting to budge. 

Joel could see that Elena was nervous and he found that there was something unsual going on. 

Elena said once again -"Go!"

Joel went to grab Damon and then as if someone ignited gasoline Damon vamped out biting Joel in the throat.