In which Elijah is politely puzzled

[negotiates]

Apart from that little incident with Kol and Rebekah, I'd say the evening went quite well. The only thing missing was a dance with Elena.

[ Ahhhhhhh. Mun is flailing over that toast. ] Why are you so concerned?

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[gary_golden]

Politics rarely go that easy boss.

[Well Elijah meet the less-than-sexy side of vampirism.]

[negotiates]

[ What happened to you, bro? ]

Politics. Yes. [ Family politics are the worst. ]

[gary_golden]

Sure, anyone can stab you in the back boss.

[He looks Elijah over as if sizing him up, a little wicked smile crossing over his face.]

Are you alright boss? You're staring at something.

[negotiates]

[ He frowns. ]

Who are you?

[gary_golden]

Folks just call me Gary. Gorgeous Gary Golden if you're old enough to remember those movies.

[Yeah, you'll need to ask better questions to get better information than that boss.]

[eternal_stud]

I hope you're not getting any ideas there. [ -- buddy, he almost says, but catches himself before it comes out. Elijah did just save his little brother, after all. ]

[negotiates]

With Elena? [ Okay, this may be a slight hint of a smirk; he does find the Salvatores' tug of war over Elena amusing. Not to mention ironic. ]

[eternal_stud]

[ Just raises his eyebrows here. Does he really need to spell it out for Elijah? ]

[negotiates]

[ Nope, he definitely doesn't. Elijah elaborates: ] You've no need to be concerned, Damon. But I don't believe it's your place to play the jealous lover.

[eternal_stud]

[ Okay, maaaybe he has a point. Or maybe not. Damon's still all sorts of prickly. Even if Rebekah and copious amounts of booze might've taken the edge off just a tad. ]

Jealous? [ Rolls his eyes and scoffs. ] You've got it aalllll wrong, Elijah. I was just trying to give you a fair warning. Elena's way too hung up on my baby bro to pay attention to anyone else.

[ Sore? Damon? Noooo, not at all. See, he's even cocked up a corner of his mouth for good measure. ]

[notlikeher]

I'll just owe you a dance sometime. Maybe.

[Mun was flailing too.]

[negotiates]

[ COLD-BLOODED, ELENA. COLD-BLOODED. ]

It would be an honour, Elena. Perhaps next time.

[notlikeher]

[IT'S JUST A DANCE.]

We'll see.

[negotiates]

[ Letting him drink the wine though? Way harsh. ]

I hope my family treated you with courtesy tonight.

[notlikeher]

[She wanted to say something, really! But...it gets rid of Klaus. SO sad.]

They did, went better than I expected it to.

[valuable]

[ guilt. guilt. and more guilt. ]

I think we were both a little preoccupied.

[negotiates]

[ So you should be, Elena, how could you. ]

We were. And you had your hands full with the Salvatores. [ One on each arm, Elena? How much did he miss? ]

[valuable]

[ She knows, she knows. But blame your mother and brother, too. ]

I know what it probably looked like. [ like Katherine. she cringed a bit. ] They just weren't exactly thrilled that I decided to show up.

[negotiates]

[ Just imagine when he finds that out... ]

But that didn't stop you. [ He says it with slight amusement; he knows how stubborn Elena is. ] You took a risk, not knowing my mother's intentions.

[valuable]

[ Very stubborn. But she knows how to handle herself at this point. ] I had to find out what they were somehow. And I don't think she would invite all of you if she wanted me dead.

[ Despite everyone being afraid something might happen, no one was going to let her get hurt. Not that she did so well protecting him... ]

[prizefight]

An Original party and Finn didn't invite me? What did you do?

[negotiates]

You might like to ask Finn that.

[prizefight]

Believe me, I would if I could find him.

Also, a question. Wanting to dance with Elena, do you actually like the girl, or are you just sublimating your feelings for Katherine or that Tatiana girl?

[negotiates]

Tatia. And no, Elena is charming enough on her own.

[prizefight]

She seems it, but you and the Salvatore boys really have a type.