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❝the murder party❞
"YOUR FRIEND IS GOING TO BE A PROBLEM," Elijah took the drink from Damon, shaking his head a bit. "If he gives John back that ring, we are– and I say this delicately– royally fucked."
Damon rolls his eyes at Elijah. "I know. But Ric's stubborn, he won't give up yet."
"How can you be sure?"
"Because I know Alaric, and I know John," Damon scoffed. "And no one in the history of the planet wants to listen to John Gilbert."
Elijah gives him a warning look. "It's not something we can risk. We have to–"
The Original quickly cuts himself off when the door bursts open and Alaric walks in with a wide, nervous grin. He looks pointedly at Damon, who gives him an impatient glare at the sight of Andie beside him.
"Gentlemen, we forgot about dessert,"
Andie turns her attention to the Original, a smile on her face. "Elijah,"
The Original smirks as he looks to the girl holding her hand out invitingly. "Miss Star,"
He hands his drink off to Damon, who takes it with growing irritance the longer Elijah entertains Andie's charms. Elijah takes the woman's hand and swiftly spins her, turning them back out of the study.
As soon as they are gone, Damon turns to Alaric and swats his hand out, smacking the man's arm. "What the hell?" His harsh whisper makes Alaric give him a slightly apologetic look.
Sighing, Ric gestures to the dagger lying on the table behind Damon. He shoves past Damon and reachess for a piece of paper and a pen. He quickly scribbles the message on it and holds it up to Damon, his eyes wide in panic as the vampire scans it.
'The dagger will kill you if you use it'
Damon rolls his eyes and huffs, tearing the paper from Ric's hand. "I know,"
"What?" Alaric drops any pretense of being subtle, his disbelief lacing his voice as it echoes through the study.
Damon shakes his exasperatedly and exits the study, aware of Alaric trailing after him as they entered the dining room after Andie and Elijah.
Andie smiles politely at Alaric as the two men return, gesturing to where her purse sits a few feet away. "Alaric, could you grab my notebook out of my bag?"
Damon disregards them both and fixes his glare on John, who quirks an eyebrow at the sudden attention. "Elijah, did John tell you that he's Elena's Uncle-slash-Father?"
"Yes, I'm well aware of that,"
The vampire shrugs carelessly, giving no mind to John's warning look. "Of course, she hates him, so there's absolutely no need to keep him on the endangered species list. Might as well just take him out now, wouldn't you think?"
