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[daydrinker]

Do you really think he lured her.

( Watched her, he believes. Lured. He doesn't know. )

What does Elena say? What's her next move?

[saveslives]

She's going to go home and talk to Dean. Enjoy her weekend. I think she's planning on taking this one step at a time, and we have a code word for if it's go time and she needs to disappear.

[Which she will be ready and able to help with if needed.]

[daydrinker]

I don't get to know the code word, do I?

( He still has to try! )

[saveslives]

[She shakes her head.]

Not this time. In fact, I might need you to pick up the parenting slack this go round and handle the girls why I go digging into shady supernatural happenings.

[daydrinker]

I can handle them remotely. They're flying out to Europe this week. That is, we're still letting them go, right?

( Parenting is teamwork! )

[saveslives]

We are still letting them go. I ... I don't want to get their hopes up. And I don't want them on the Colony's radar.

[daydrinker]

Is there something we can do from here? You and the school. Cloaking?

( Something that will make mom feel safer? )

[saveslives]

They have no reason to worry about them until they merge or I make a fuss. Which, I'm going to try not to do. For the record.

[daydrinker]

The record acknowledges. You know the girls, they'll call or they'll text. If you're available for that, you can hunker down and do whatever research you need to do.

[saveslives]

[She nods.]

For once, I'm glad they're going to be far, far away from us. I want them to just ... have fun and enjoy their summer. They've earned it.

[daydrinker]

( He comes around behind her, putting his hands on her shoulders. )

They graduated. I don't think I've ever been more proud of anything.

[saveslives]

[She smiles as she turns to face him.]

Me either. And they had an almost completely normal school experience.

[daydrinker]

Minus the monsters, the fates, and generally being in danger every other day. Give or take a week or two off. But for us, that's normal.

( Almost indeed. )

[saveslives]

Eh, well. Monster hunting builds character.

[She looks up at him with a smile.]

I love you.

[daydrinker]

Love you, too. Always will.

( He closes his eyes, willing his hangover away. It does not work. )

What do we have to do today?

[saveslives]

Well. Our children are off getting ready for their graduation trip, I don't have to be at the hospital until tomorrow and you are officially on summer vacation.

[She pauses.]

Though all of that makes me realize that our "you can't do anything reckless until the girls go to college" contract has officially come to terms. Should I expect you and Damon to run off and almost get yourselves killed this summer?

[daydrinker]

Damon is currently on his best behavior, hoping to earn himself a date. Besides, like Elena would let either one of us run off. Anything reckless I do, it's going to involve my wife. If you think of anything.

( Tell him. He's all ears! )

[saveslives]

[She thinks for a minute before her eyes light up.]

Oooh. You know what would be really wild and crazy? Remember that B and B we took Caroline to when we were trying to get her to turn her humanity back on?

[Look, most of their fond memories involve someone bleeding, they might as well own it.]

Maybe while the girls are away, I can see if I can swing a weekend to ourselves. No children, no Damon, no looming coven of doom. Just us.

[daydrinker]

Yeah, other than taking it over to torture and dupe Caroline, I remember it was ... quaint. And it was remodeled a few years ago. You think there's an opening?

( Yeah, most of their experiences are definitely wrapped in blood and torture. )

[saveslives]

Never know until we look.

[She smiles, before leaning in to kiss him again.]

I'll go see what I can find out.