Rosed

Old Fashioned

Rose despite her better judgment went out to the tomb after double-checking she still had her own souvenir from the zoo on her.

She did her best to move as silently as possible as she approached.

"Tyler told you I killed Mason?" She overhears Katherine ask.

"Well he is either lying or was lied to, no that honor went to Damon Salvatore who tore his heart from his chest after learning he and I were hot and heavy... poor guy never did get over me," she tells Jules.

"Shame really, was far from done playing with that one," Katherine says referring to Mason.

Rose got a little closer but the crunch of the leaves under boots alerted Jules to her location and the werewolf spun around.

Thankfully Rose had come prepared and quickly shot her with a tranq gun.

"Knew those Rhino tranquilizers would come in handy one day," she said.

"Rhino Tranquilizers?" Katherine asks looking from Rose down to a knocked-out Jules, "Where the hell did you get those?"

"The zoo, where else," Rose answers like it should have been obvious before coming closer and picking up Jules.

She throws her over her shoulder and takes her back to the Boarding House.

Meanwhile Back in Town...

Damon was walking through the town square having done some shopping himself.

Stefan saw his brother from the grill and jogged over to catch up to him.

He catches Damon by surprise and grabs the shopping bag he was holding out of his hand.

"What the hell?!" Damon asks shocked by the move.

Stefan ignores him and looks in the bag reading out the contents, "Let's see what do we have here, Rye Whiskey, sugar, bitters, oranges... hmm, almost sounds like you have the makings of an Old Fashioned in this bag," he remarks.

"So what?" Damon asks snatching his shopping back.

"Wouldn't happen to have anything to do with a certain red-headed house guest we have currently, would it?" Stefan asks.

"I'm sorry is being a decent host suddenly a crime?" Damon asks.

"Or maybe you're being thoughtful because you *gasp* like her?" Stefan points out.

Damon narrows his eyes at Stefan, "What is this some latent attempt at bonding?" he asks.

"I'm just saying, if you did like her, maybe tell her, ask her out, not just stock your bar cart," Stefan suggests.

"The day I ask you for help getting a woman is the day I voluntarily cut off my nut sack and present it to you as a gift, now piss off," he tells Stefan shoving him aside.

"I don't know it's been a while since you liked someone I wasn't already dating... you sure you don't need any help?" Stefan asks getting under Damon's skin.

"Look I get it, there's a new attractive girl in town and you are desperate to send me running in her direction likely for no other reason than to keep me as far from Elena as possible," Damon says.

Stefan rolls his eyes at his brother's theory, "Believe it or not but I trust my girlfriend. Don't not go there just to spite me, I promise us not competing for the same girl for once won't ruin our brotherly dynamic too much, if that's what you're worried about," Stefan tells him before walking away.

Damon heads back home trying to get his brother's voice out of his head but dammit if all his instincts weren't telling him to stay away from Rose just to prove Stefan wrong.