Brave (Damon Salvatore x OC)

Past Mistakes

Damon, Ember and Stefan get out of Stefan's car and are walking towards Damon's car. Damon is carrying two large gas cans.

"If they so much as even scratched the paint on my car..." Damon growls.

"Well, just be grateful Sheriff Forbes was able to track down the car after you let them, ah, you know, steal it from you." Ember snickers.

"Remind me to send her some mini-muffins." He glares at her and glances at Stefan. "Do we really need ten gallons of gas, or are you making me just lug this around as punishment?"

"Well, they ditched your car after it ran out of fuel. You gotta fill it up. Got a hundred miles before we get to Willoughby." Stefan shrugs.

"Yeah, well that name from isn't on the list of places I got from New York."

Stefan chuckles as Damon stars putting gas in the car. "Oh, the list? The list they stole from right under your nose, after you let your guard down?"

"They'll be there. Sheriff Forbes tracked down the car they stole after yours." Ember reminds him and he tosses her the keys.

Screw the muffins. I'll get her champagne... if Elena is wherever it may be."

"Willoughby. Creamed corn capital of Pennsylvania." Ember supplies.

"They'll be there." Stefan agrees. "Let's just hope we get to them before they get to the cure."

"Ooh, silver lining: if Rebekah takes the cure, then she's mortal and we can just kill her right then and there." Damon muses.

"Ooh, dark cloud: Elena stays a vampire forever." Ember reminds him.

"Look, why don't you just table the revenge fantasies for now, and just keep your eye on the prize. Find Katherine, get the cure, get out before you get your neck snapped-again." Stefan suggests.

"Believe me, I learned my lesson. Elena without humanity is a stone-cold bitch, and I won't trust her until we get the old Elena back." Damon agrees.

"Look at that. We're finally on the same page about something." Stefan smirks.

....................

Elena speeds into a parking space in a newly stolen can in a little town in Pennsylvania with Rebekah in the passenger seat.

"Why are we stopping?" The original asks.

"We've searched three cities in the last 24 hours, I'm sick of Top 40 radio, and I smell like leather." Elena frowns.

"And that's my fault? You are the one who stole the list of Katherine's possible whereabouts, did you ever think that Damon had bad information?" Rebekah suggested.

"Have I mentioned I can't stand the sound of your voice?" Elena counters.

"Too bad. We're not done. Get in, next town." Rebekah points to the car.

"In a minute. I'm hungry." Elena has spotted a girl walking to her car.

"We're not here for a pub crawl, Elena!" Rebekah protests. "I want the cure, Katherine has it. We don't stop until we find her."

Elena turns back to face Rebekah. "I said in a minute." She hisses.

The girl is putting stuff into the passenger seat of her car as Elena makes her jump by appearing next to her suddenly. "Oh, my god, you startled me."

"Did I?" Elena vamps out and starts to go for the girl's neck but she steps back.

"Katherine, what are you doing?" She asks and Elena pauses.