Mercy ▼ Inanna Gilbert

Cookbook

Third person POV

Mmm. Good morning. Elena said waking up next to Stefan

I could get used to this.

Rise and shine, sleepyheads.

Elena and Stefan both sit up, startled at Damon's presence at the end of Stefan's bed. Both of them pull the sheets up to their chins, covering up any parts they may not want Damon to see.

Damon! Please!
What are you doing?

Oh, stop being smutty.
Stefan pulls the sheets further up on Elena, making sure she's covered up properly.

Seriously, get out of here!

If I see something I haven't seen before, I'll throw a dollar at it. Now listen, we have some very important business to discuss.

And it has to be right now?

Yes Inanna said entering the room

Elena and Stefan looked at her confused

Thought you could keep this from Me lena?

Well, we have lots to do, now that we're all friends and working toward a common goal.

Stefan and Elena exchange looks. Damon gets up from the end of the bed and turns around to face them.

So, in order to open the tomb, we need to find the journal to get the grimoire to undo the spells. First things first-since you are Inanna Gilbert, you and Elena are on journal duty.

Since when am I helping? Elena said

Well, Stefan's helping, and you've taken up residence in Stefan's bed, ergo...

You don't have to do anything that you don't want to do.

I'll look for it tonight. Inanna said

Elena lays back down in the bed, pulling the sheets over her face.

Good.
How do we know that this journal will hold the location of the grimoire? We're really going to take the word of this vampire? He seemed like a bit of a dimwit
In lieu of any other options.
Elena pulls the sheets down and sits up suddenly.

OK, what exactly is a grimoire, anyway?

It's a witch's cookbook. Inanna answered
They all frowned

What?

Every spell that a witch casts is unique unto itself, so every witch would document their work. Stefan said

Yeah. Cookbook.

What about our mystery vampire? Dimwit obviously wasn't working alone, so whoever's out there knows who we are.

And I don't like that disadvantage, so...Damon claps his hands together Chop, chop
He walked out of the room

He doesn't--
Stefan places his finger to his lips and points to the door then his ear, indicating that Damon could still hear them.

Oh, right, yeah.

Since when are you in on all of this Stefan asked Inanna

Since Damon called me last night

And why are you helping

Same reason as you
Not gonna lie i like Damon, but he hurts my friends, and i don't like that so i want him gone

OK.

I know Inanna mouthed

They frowned

I'm not going to let anything hurt my family and friends

anything

Inanna left

Elena pulls Stefan back into bed.

Oh! No, come here.
Elena kisses Stefan.

We shouldn't-
Shh.
Elena places her finger to his lips, then points to her ear, as Stefan did earlier. They both smile and continue to kiss each other as they pull the covers over their heads and begin to have what is referred to as morning sex.

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Inanna POV

Do you think Damon really believes us? That we're trying to help him? I asked

I don't think Damon knows what to believe. Trust isn't something that comes naturally to him.

You know...I really think that Damon believes that everything he's done, every move that he's made, he's done for love. It's twisted, but kind of sad. I said

There are other ways to get what you want. You don't have to kill people. Damon has no regard for human life. He enjoys inflicting pain on others. For 145 years, every single time that I have let my guard down and let Damon back into my life, he's done something to make me regret that. I'm not going to make that mistake again.

So what do you think will happen if the tomb gets opened and Damon gets Katherine back? Elena asked

I think that no matter what Damon promises, a lot of people will die.

I exhaled loudly and picked up a photo from the box.

Stefan got up and stood behind me, examining the photo.

That's Johnathan Gilbert.

I looked down into the box, puzzled.

What's this?

I opened up a wooden box.

To What appears to be a muzzle is contained within it.

Stefan looked as if he recognized the device, but he didn't explain as Jeremy entered the room shortly after.

What are you guys doing?

Hey. Just going through some stuff, feeling sentimental. Dad had this old family journal from years ago. I thought I'd dig it up.

Johnathan Gilbert's journal?

Yeah, what do you know about it?

I just did a history report on it.

Oh. So where is it now?

I gave it to Mr. Saltzman. He wanted to see it.

I gave Elena and Stefan a worried look

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