Tribrid Salvatore

2x04 Memory Lane

The next day, after their shopping trip, Damon brought Luna to the Grill to pick up a cake he ordered for Jenna's barbecue. He thought that maybe he should start to bring her outside more often. Field trips not included. He set his niece at one table, handing her a book they bought earlier. The vampire wasn't sure if he was surprised that she could read – difficult as it was for her. Her mother must have put some effort into teaching her. Maria was a good mother from what he could tell and he was sad that he never got to meet her.

"I'll be right back, little moon," Damon murmured, keeping his eyes on the Doppelgänger who was holed up in a corner, reading a book "Just need to talk to Elena over there."

Luna looked up from her book with a frown "Can I bite her? She smells good."

"No," Damon told her firmly "No biting Elena or anyone else. You know what we talked about."

She pouted "No showing my eyes to anyone who isn't you, Steffi or Ric."

"Good girl," her uncle ruffled her hair, speeding over to Elena, dropping into a chair in front of her.

Luna tilted her head, listening in on them "What do you want?" the Doppelgänger sighed, putting down the book with a thump.

"So, this is where you spend your time when you're not stabbing people in the back," Damon said emotionlessly.

Elena groaned "I tricked you into telling me the truth, that's not stabbing you in the back, it' using your own tactics against you." She got up from her chair.

"Where are you going?" the vampire demanded forcefully.

"I made myself clear, Damon. I want nothing to do with you," the girl shot back, glaring at Luna's uncle. She definitely wasn't earning any points in the four-year-old's books.

Damon shrugged "Okay. See you at Jenna's barbecue."

"How did you know about Jenna's barbecue?" Elena frowned.

"It was my idea," Damon smirked "Jenna went to High School with Mason Lockwood so I figured a social gathering would be a good way to get to know the guy. So I told Ric to tell Jenna and..."

Elena snorted "Does Jenna know that you're going to be there because she's not exactly a fan of yours."

A woman came over to them and handed Damon a box with the peach cobbler inside "Here you go."

"Perfect," the vampire smiled "Thank you. I'm hoping this peach cobbler will pave the way."

"What are you up to?" Elena squinted suspiciously.

Damon's gaze turned feral "I'm gonna put some silver into Mason Lockwood and prove he is a werewolf. Then I'm going to find out why my niece always freaks out whenever she hears the word 'werewolf'. See you at the barbecue." He walked back to where Luna was still sitting, staring blankly at the Dr. Seuss' book in front of her "Come on, little one. Let's go and get your new stuff home and then we'll go to see Ric, alright?"

"Okay," she nodded, grabbing a hold of the book with one hand, slipping the other in Damon's. When they got to the Boarding House, Damon could hear Stefan and Katherine talking but ignored them in favour of helping Luna choose some clothes for the barbecue. She wanted to wear some of her new clothes, excited that she got so many new things, even though she argued that it was way too much. After a short period of the little girl staring at some clothes, she chose a black dress with a leather-like vest and some mid-calf boots that the woman at the store had picked out for them. Damon had immediately put them in the 'buy' pile because for one, Luna looked too cute in them and she looked pretty badass for a four-year-old. Now they had matching leather jackets.