Inaction's and Consequences

Chapter 31

Disclaimer: I do not own anything related to The Vampire Diaries, TV show or books. However I decided to have a little play around with the characters (I would definitely like to play with Damon).

Damon led Elena down the steps to a small, half empty looking bar. They'd arrived in New York a few hours earlier and checked into a nice little hotel before Damon had taken Elena on a whirlwind shopping spree. Damon had refused to stay at his own apartment in Tribeca as it hadn't been touched since the seventies and would be in such a state of disrepair that it would be unfit for habitation for even one night. Damon had however, made a mental note that the next problem on the to do list to be dealt with after Silas, was to make a start on renovating some of his properties as he and Elena would have to move around a lot after she'd finished college if Bonnie couldn't replicate the cure.

The bar was dark and dingy, at the opposite end of the room was an empty stage, speakers and drums already set up for what Elena assumed to be a band playing later. There were were a few tables scattered around the edge of the room and the area in front of the stage was clearly a dance floor. The place also ranked as probably the filthiest bar she'd ever been to.

"You brought me to a bar?" Elena asked, turning around to look at Damon who was stood behind her.

"The last time I took you to a bar we had fun." Damon smiled. "You didn't even like me back then. Imagine how much fun we can have now you do like me." he winked.

"I have no problems going to a bar Damon." Elena frowned. "But surely there has to be one that's a little..." she swiped her finger across one of the tables, wincing at the result. "...cleaner?" she asked wincing.

"Ah well, there's two reasons why I brought you here." Damon told her, as he walked over to the bar.

"And what's that?" Elena asked raising an eyebrow.

"Three if you want to include beer." he replied as the bartender walked over towards them. "Two beers." he requested as the bartender opened two bottles of beer and handed them over to Damon who subsequently paid for them.

"I'm listening." Elena said as Damon gave her one of the bottles of beer before making their way to one of the tables.

"I promised you some fun didn't I?" Damon asked.

"Yeah...but I thought it would be a little...cleaner." Elena grimaced. "And busier." she added looking around at the empty looking bar.

"Don't be fooled." Damon told her. "This place will be crawling soon, trust me." he grinned.

"How do you know?" Elena asked looking confused.

"Because I spent most of the seventies here." Damon told her. "The Factory was too clean, CBGB's was too high-profile, but Billy's...Billy's was the underground of the underground." he bragged. "Although, admittedly my humanity was off at the time." he shrugged.

"Why?" Elena asked.

"Why what?" Damon replied.

"Why was your humanity off?" she asked again.

"I thought we were here to have fun?" Damon raised an eyebrow, clearly trying to avoid answering the question.

"Fine." Elena sighed, making a mental note to ask him about him flipping his switch another time. "What's the other reason we're here, other than fun?" she asked.

"We're looking for Katherine." Damon replied.

"I know that." Elena frowned. "She comes here?" she asked looking confused, Elena couldn't imagine a world where Katherine would ever want to set foot in this place.