𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧- 𝐄.𝐌

12. Protect, that's all

Damon arrived at Maeve's place holding a bag of her dress. "Why are you still here?" asked Maeve grabbing the bag from Damon.

"What kind of date would I be if I let you come alone to the dance?" Damon replyed smugly with a smirk dangling on his lips.

"If that date is you...I prefer being the lonely one." Maeve responded ready to slam the door in Damon's face. He put a foot in the door stopping it from closing.

"At least let me in." reluctantly Maeve opened the door wide.

"For someone who just storms in at any time... especially at ungodly hours, you're being too much of a gentleman." Maeve pointed out stepping away from the door. "Please stop it. It doesn't suite you and frankly looks Ted Bundy level creepy." Damon only smiled at her words and stepped inside her apartment.

"Wait here. I'll be back in a jiffy."

The Salvatore brothers, Elena, Bonnie and Maeve walked into the gym of Mystic Falls high school. Maeve walked hesitantly, looking around in nervousness.

Teenagers were dancing around the place, their arms locked and smiles never leaving their faces. Damon locked his hand around Maeve's, silently reassuring her that it was going to be fine. They gazed around the place seeing for any unfamiliar faces that might demand their attention.

Maeve was the first one to notice Alaric who stood alone by a consation stand staring ahead to where the DJ operated the music. The unmistakable lopsided smirk made Maeve's stomach drop unlike how it ever did before since she arrived in Mystic Falls.

"Thank you for coming everyone" a girl spoke over the microphone making Maeve look away, "we have a special dedication tonight. This one is for Elena from Klaus." 

Dedicated to the one I love music erupted through the speakers.

"That was a lame cheap shot." Damon commented, looking around trying to locate a possible person who could be Klaus.

"He's trying to bait us." Stefan noted keeping a neutral face. He tightened his hold around Elena keeping her close to him.

"I know everyone here." Elena said slightly scared. Maeve glanced around and a light went off in her head. She gazed again at Alaric who shifted on his two feet.

Damon nudged his brother and Bonnie, "it's a party people. Blend." Bonnie dragged Jeremy onto the dance floor and so did Stefan to Elena. Damon forced Maeve around to face him.

"He's not going to get to you. You have my promise." Maeve couldn't say what really went around in her head. She could have tried but it wouldn't be of any use. Her idea, her plan would most certainly be rejected and thrown aside.

"I'm fine. Come on, there's Alaric." Maeve pointed out. Both made their way over to the History teacher.

"Special dedication, huh? The guy's a little twisted." 

"Not impressed" Damon replied.

"I find it rather hilarious." Maeve said fidgeting with her dress.

"Why?" asked Alaric looking at Maeve puzzled with her words.

"He's supposed to be this big bad vampire who strikes fear into so many like the boogeyman and yet here he is baiting a teenager who cannot do anything by herself without making things worse, at a teenage dance." Maeve pointed out with a snicker. "Think about it. This man has the incentive of us not knowing what he looks like, yet here he is pulling a teenage prom proposal dedicating a cheap ass song. It makes you think if the stories are even true or just exaggerations spread by him." Maeve discreetly gave a side glance at Alaric. His face grumbled slightly hearing her words before it returned to a neutral state.