"Ah, I see you found my stash"- Alaric stated as he got in his office finding Damon sipping down his Bourbon.
"You should think of a better hiding place."- Damon said-"bottom cupboard behind the books - way too predictable. Also it is a very expensive bottle. Wouldn't keep it here."
"It's a bottle you gave me. I kept it as - a memory. Not to be drank."- Alaric sat down.
"Well, I am back. It would be a waste to leave it there among the books. Got more of these, somewhere. Let's get drunk."
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"So, how are you doing, Damon?"
"Me? Let me see. Well, where do I start- oh, right- my girlfriend buried me, went off to New Orleans, married an Original, Elijah Mikaelson to be exact, had a miracle baby with him, and as I heard thrived and was very happy with him. And then she died. The other day, I buried one of my best friends just as I got back, the other bestie is stuck somewhere in a retro-land with a lunatic witch, and I can't get her out. The Original hybrid is back living in Mystic Falls. I am doing great. Life is just peachy. You?"- Damon replied.
"I - am sorry. It was insensitive of me to ask."
"No. You are ok. I just came - because- it's all like a strange black hole and I thought I escaped one. Needed a buddy to drink with, but - you got to go home to your pregnant wife - at least something is right in this world."- Damon said.
"Yes. And Stefan is so much better. And there is this teddy-bear proof that Bonnie is very much alive and kicking."
"You are right."- Damon said as if he had an epiphany-" Enough of self-pity."- he now stood up-"Can we take a rain-check on this?"
"Rain-check? What? Damon, where are you going?"- Alaric now stood up and walked after Damon, who swished by the professor back to the office, taking the Bourbon.
"This still shouldn't go to waste."
"Tell me, Damon? What are you up to?"- Alaric now asked.
"Valerie Tulle."- Damon replied.
"Valerie Tulle- what?"- Alaric was clueless.
"Stefan said that she escaped from some kind of retro retro Mystic Falls- how?"
"I don't know. We never talked about in detail."
"If she could get out. There must be a loophole of some kind."- Damon said.
