Inaction's and Consequences

Chapter 35

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).

Three weeks after Elena, Damon and Stefan had performed the elixir ritual, Mystic Falls had almost returned into a seemingly normal sleepy small town in Virginia. Silas had vanished after he'd fake staked Klaus,who had also disappeared along with Elijah to what appeared to be New Orleans. Rumors were rife as to why they'd left, some were suggesting it was because he was hunting Katherine, others mentioned something related to the werewolf Hayley, who had helped Tyler break the sire bond. Whatever it was, the only Original left in town was Rebekah, who was more of a danger to Caroline's prom planning than to the human population of Mystic Falls.

Bonnie had been spending her spare time either helping Caroline with organizing the prom, with Jeremy or studying the book which Emily had given her. She had found the book consisted of the ingredients and spell to produce the elixir, the spell for the talisman and the resurrection spell she would need to bring back the immortal to kill Silas. Most of the information was sketchy, although there was a lot of info surrounding two family trees, however they only showed the direct line of descendancy with an occasional anomaly. Confused at it's meaning, Bonnie decided to wait until after graduation to do some research into family trees as she was already overloaded with school work and helping Caroline with this evening's prom, to which Bonnie had agreed to go with Jeremy.

Stefan had finally been able to move back into the Salvatore boarding house after spending two weeks on Caroline's couch. Damon and Elena had become almost inseparable from the moment they all took the elixir and for those first two weeks, it had become impossible being under the same roof as them, especially with vampire hearing. To make matters worse, much to Stefan's disappointment, the elixir hadn't worked quite as quickly as Stefan had expected. It had only been in the last week had his feelings began to change, albeit only a small change, which turned out to be similar timing as Damon and Elena's sexual stamina had begun to wain a little. Fortunately it was enough for him to be able to move back into the boarding house accompanied by a substantial amount of earplugs.

To thank Caroline for her hospitality, Stefan had offered to take her to the prom as Tyler was still on the run from Klaus, even though Klaus was now in New Orleans, and Elena, although technically was going to the prom without a date, she still had Damon, who was attending as a chaperone. Rebekah was the only member of the Original family to stay in Mystic Falls and she was going with Matt.

On the day of the prom, Elena had decided she was having a girls pamper day at the Gilbert house, whilst she sent Jeremy away over to Matt's, and Damon stayed at the Salvatore boarding house with Stefan. Caroline and Bonnie were over for a day of facials, massages, manicures, pedicures, hair and make-up. They'd started at noon, which gave them plenty of time before Damon, Stefan and Jeremy, who were all due to arrive at seven, came to collect them. By six they were almost ready, with just their make-up and dresses to go. Elena was waiting for her toenails to dry, so in the meantime she was walking barefoot around the kitchen, fixing the evening's alcohol supplies for the three of them. Tonight's menu consisted of tequila and vodka, however they were determined to get the party started a little early as this was the first time they'd had a girls day since Elena had turned into a vampire. In preparation for the day, Elena had made vodka jello shots, which she put all twelve of them on a tray and returned to the living room.

"Jello shots anyone?" Elena grinned with a little curtsy as she placed the tray down on the coffee table.

"It's okay for you guys." Bonnie complained. "Humans get drunk a lot easier than vampires. I need to hold off until my make-up is done." she said. "Just leave me a couple."