A Dangerous Desire

House Guests

3rd Person POV:

Matt woke up surprised to find three people in his kitchen along with his sister,

"Uhh whats going on here?"

"Matty! you're up, umm okay I know I should have talked to you about this first but I rented out some of our rooms."

"You what?!" he angrily exclaims,

"Relax Lexie and Lee, oh right this is Lexie, Lee, and Enzo-- Lexie, Lee, Enzo, this is my brother Matt. They can take Mom's room, and I'm giving Enzo mine, I'll sleep out here on the couch. it'll be great they'll pay rent and help with groceries and we could use the cash to pay back bills maybe not have to pick up so many shifts actually get to act our age a bit more."

Matt is not happy with his sister's explanation, "how did you even know these people, did you take out an add on craigslist?! You're not thinking this through, are you using again are they dealers?"

"I assure you mate I would never dream to corrupt such a beautiful young lady."

Matt doesn't look too impressed with Enzo, "yeah well I'm not gonna give you the chance, you're not staying here, any of you. I'm going to work I expect them to be gone when I get back Vick, I mean it."

Matt storms out of the house, missing how all three vampires lunge for the corner when he throws the door open letting sunlight in and slamming it behind him.

"It's alright, I'll talk him around."

"Well, if I've learned anything it's not to underestimate your skills," Enzo tells Victoria,  "that and the pure genius of toaster strudel," he says squeezing out some icing from a plastic packet, very different from the porridge he was used to the last time he was free.

"Maybe Lee and I should stay at the boarding house," Lexie offers

"No I am not giving Damon the chance to kill you," Lee says

"Ah yes, Damon the man who left me to burn alive and is now a threat to you my charming heroine. When do we get to pay him a visit, there are a few things I'd like to get off my chest."

Victoria understands where Enzo is coming from but tries to counsel him to wait a bit, "tonight Bree will open the tomb Damon will be devastated and betrayed so if you'd like to get your kicks in without feeling guilty for kicking him while he's at his lowest I'd strike now."

"I think you see from how we all dove for cover when your brother opened the door, now's not exactly an option for me."

Victoria's phone goes off, she looks down to see who was texting her.

"It's Stefan again, I'm gonna text him to come over."

"Are you going to tell him what you told us?" Lexi asks,

"What did she tell you, have you been keeping secrets from your new BFF... did I use that expression correctly?" Enzo asks,

Lexie smiles, "yes, and well done, and it's up to Vee if she wants you to know."

"Vee?" Victoria asks,

Lexie shrugs "It fits you better than Victoria,"

"Fine, uhh no. I'm not gonna tell Stefan, not everything anyway."

"And what about me?" Enzo asks,

"Umm maybe once your a bit more caught up in this century it'd be kinda hard to explain otherwise."

"So what are you going to tell him?" Lexie wants to know.

"I don't know I'll figure something out. I'm gonna shower and change before he gets here."

Over at the Boarding house Stefan used Caroline to take Damon down with vervain and had locked him in the basement cells the night before not believing Damon hadn't had something to do with Victoria's disappearance. He woke up this morning and made his way to check on his brother but was surprised to see it empty. Stefan raced upstairs and saw Damon lounging on the sofa with a beautiful half-naked woman and a few blood bags discarded around them.

"Hey brother, did I forget to mention we have a house guest, Bree this is Stefan-- Stefan Bree. Bree here is a witch, very handy to have around when your drugged beaten and locked up."

"Good to know." Stefan heard his phone buzz and looked down FINALLY Victoria had texted him back... maybe Damon didn't hurt her.

V: Hey Stef sorry I've been MIA come over and I'll explain everything plus there's someone here who's dying to say hi.

"Why looking so confused brother, do I need to explain sexting? You see when a boy likes a girl..."

Stefan interrupts his brother, "No it's Victoria,"

That gets Damon's attention, "oh you mean my vanishing assistant who got me semi tortured last night, I'd love to have a chat with her, let me go get my coat."

"Forgetting something?" Stefan asked producing Damon's sunlight ring from his back pocket.

"Are you?" Damon asked raising his hand sporting a new one courtesy of Bree.

"Well I might as well come to keep you both from killing each other," Bree offers

"Party pooper."

Back at the Donovan's  Lexie and Lee are showing Enzo how to work a computer and phone and showing him google so he can catch up on everything he's missed. Victoria is out of the shower but is still getting dressed in her room when the doorbell rings.

Lexie jumps up and down excited to see Stefan and Enzo rushes into Victoria's room not wanting to announce his presence yet, but he is very happy he didn't think to knock because he is treated with a half-dressed deliciously damp Victoria.

Lexie unlocks the door but then retreats to the corner,

"Hello, Victoria?" Stefan shouts as the door creaks open but neither he nor Damon can enter.

"Hello?"

Vee jumps into some jeans and runs to the door.

"You're both here great, Stefan please come in."

Damon doesn't think this is cute at all, "forgetting an invite there, sweetheart."

"No I think that's everyone, oh I'm sorry Bree please come in."

Bree winks at her, "thanks doll."

Damon is growling now growing impatient.

Vee sighs, "Sorry Damon but you're not getting invited in, you'll have to wait till I leave to kill me."

"Trust me I cleared my schedule to do just that today.

"No you won't." Lexie announces herself catching both Salvatore's and Bree off guard.

"Lexie? How..." Stefan forgets trying to understand and just wraps her up in a big hug, "I can't believe your here... what are you doing here?"

"I invited her, I think it'd be better if we finish talking at the boarding house but to do that we're gonna need a couple of rings, is that something you could help with?" She asks Bree, 

"just waiting on this one to finally ask for help." She responds gesturing to Lexie

Back at the boarding house Lexie Lee Victoria Damon Stefan and Bree are all sitting around the parlor.

"Alright we're here, now explain," Damon says losing his patience

"I get these dreams... versions of the future, they don't always come true because people can change them with free will but they are never flat out false either... Katherine isn't in the tomb, Damon," Vee says as gently as possible

"Katherine?" Stefan asks, "What is she talking about Damon?"

Vee continues to explain, "I was supposed to get attacked by Damon the night of the party by the falls but I saw it happen and skipped it but he ended up attacking someone else, killing her. 

So just staying clear of you guys wasn't the right move so I reached out to you Stefan and hoped to be a bit more protected. I used you and I'm sorry. I had a... vision for lack of a better word about Lexie and what she meant to you and I found a way to get in touch to ask for her help. 

I made a deal with Damon to keep him from killing randomly or out of boredom and in exchange, I told him I'd help him get the tomb open... but I never told him that Katherine was never in there. She used it to fake her death so she could be free, she chose to leave the both of you... I'm sorry."

"You're lying," Damon spits out.

"I'm sorry Damon, I'm not. I know you won't believe it until you see for yourself and that's why Lexie is here, she's gonna keep you from blaming and killing me for Katherine not being in that tomb."

"Well, we'll just see about that," Damon says ominously and walks away.