The Rescue Mission Saga: Rescue Mission: Zavrina Bennett

Thank You for Coming to Rescue Me

Everyone stood around the cars congratulating each other on the successful rescue mission.

"We did it!" Lena said as Stefan wrapped his arms around her waist and lifted her off the ground.

"Congrats!" he beamed as he placed her back on the ground. Stefan put his hands on either side of her face and kissed her deeply. Elena, who had been watching the entire interaction did her damnedest to not make a yuck face. She had no one she could talk to about this except for Tyler and that was not an option. Bonnie and Caroline would both tell her that unless she plans to come clean about her feelings for Stefan then the sidelines is where she was going to be. She knew that that assessment was right but so what? Watching the man that she loves kissing someone else the way he used to kiss her made her ache inside.

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When the tall, attractive, older man opened the back of the SUV, Zavrina was surprised to see another girl laying in the back who was around her age.

"Move over, Arissa," Ric said as he took his jacket off and balled it up. Damon laid her down gently.

"Alright, Baby Bennett. That's Arissa and this is Ric," Damon said pointing to the man standing behind him. "They'll take care of you until we get home."

"Home?" Zavrina questioned.

"My house," Damon smiled. "Rest. We'll be there soon," he said kissing her on the forehead. "You ok?" he asked his eyes on Arissa. She nodded. Damon gave her a curt nod and closed the hatch.

"I'm Zavrina," she said with a smile.

"Arissa," she told her.

"Why are you back here?" Zavrina asked turning on her side to face the pretty girl.

"I got a big head," Arissa told her truthfully.

"Are you hurt?"

"At this point just my pride."

"Oh," Zavrina said as her grandmother and three women she didn't know climbed inside.

"I'm Pauline," a thin lady with glasses said. "I'm Milly's cousin. This is Mary, Arissa's mama and that's my sister, Joanna." The other two women smiled and waved over the backseat.

"It's nice to meet all of you," Zavrina waved back.

"You girls just rest up," Mary said. "We'll be back at the boarding house soon." Both Zavrina and Arissa nodded as they laid down.

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"We did good, BonBonn," Damon said as they embraced each other when he returned but placing Zavrina in the back of Ric's SUV.

"You were great," she said leaning back in his arms to gaze into his blue eyes.

"Is that a tone of surprise?"

"No. I'm just proud of you."

"Well, my girls are all together again. I've got the love of my life in my arms. What else could an almost two-century-old vampire ask for?" Damon beamed at her. Bonnie playfully rolled her eyes as Damon placed each of his hands on either side of her face and kissed her soundly. "Alright," Damon said loudly after he and Bonnie broke their kiss, "let's go!" he called. Everyone piled into the cars and SUVs.

Elena and Tyler checked on the tied up Jennifer, Jessica, and Jeffery that were in the cargo space of her SUV, while Lucy and Abby checked on tied up Anna and Andrew that were now in the cargo area of the rental.

Ric climbed behind the wheel, turned the key in the ignition and lead the way home.

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Elena followed Ric's SUV back toward the boarding house. She was avoiding Tyler's gaze at the moment. She didn't want his looks of sympathy because Benny once again wouldn't shut up about 'how sweet that kiss between Lena and Stefan was'. Luke and Liv didn't help with their constant gushing over how cute the other Bennett-Salvatore couple was.