Disclaimer: The vampire diaries belong to the C.W

Warning: Contains spanking

If anybody had warned Stefan that the day would turn out to be so bad, he would have stayed in bed. Safely cocooned under his soft comforters. Unlike now. When he was waiting to get his ass tanned. The only other time this happened Damon, when he found out, had whipped him so thoroughly he couldn't sit for days. And that was when they were human. It would be much worse now. Because he had supernatural healing and Damon won't be afraid of bruising him. He wiped the few stray tears on his face when he saw Elijah leave the mall and walk towards the car. He squirmed in the seat and looked out the window. He was screwed.

2 HOURS AGO

Stefan sighed contentedly as he sipped his warm blood. He was getting bored already. Damon had left a note that he would be out for most of the day and to behave himself. Yes mom. He dumped the now empty cup into the sink and blurred up the stairs to put on his jacket. It was 11:17 am. If he went out now, he will make it back before Damon got back from wherever it was he had gone to. He looked around the living room and after making sure nothing would give him away, walked out the door.

Stefan looked at the row of watches on display. They were beautiful. He saw the one he was looking for. It was expensive. Not expensive enough that he couldn't afford it but expensive enough that he didn't have that much cash handy. One of Damon's stupid rules. Stefan couldn't have more than a couple of thousand dollars in his account. Damon didn't want them to be recognized as mega rich. He didn't want to be on some rich people list. Publicity was not good for them, considering they would be alive for a really long time and a face constantly spread on the cover page of a magazine for fifty years and not aging will raise a few eyebrows. It was reasonable thinking, Stefan knew, but that didn't mean he had to like it.

He looked at the watch again. He was short a couple thousand dollars. He could just compel the salesperson to make her think he paid for it. But then again this is Mystic Falls. Half the town was on vervain. He couldn't take that risk. He looked around the mall from the corner of his eyes and seeing no one paying him any attention, deftly pocketed the watch.

"You planned on paying for that, right"

Stefan whirled around, startled. "Eli-elijah" he stammered. "Wh-what are you d-doing here?"

"I'm getting Kol a jacket. You didn't answer my question"

"O-of course I'm going to pay"

"Good. Come on then. Let's go pay up and leave, shall we"

"You go ahead. I'll be right behind y….." Stefan was interrupted with a swat to his backside. He blushed red as he looked around, hoping no one had seen. He subtly rubbed his backside. That one swat had hurt.

"There's more where that came from if you keep lying" Elijah warned

"I wasn't ly…." SWAT SWAT SWAT. Three quick swats landed on his bottom, causing him to yelp. "Elijah, don't please. People would see. Please"

"People seeing would be the least of your problems if you don't start speaking the truth right now"

"Ok. Damon got me this watch as a present. But I lost it. And I didn't want him to be disappointed so I wanted to replace it with a similar one before he found out" Stefan explained

"And you think stealing a five thousand dollar watch would make him proud? He'll be even more disappointed Stefan. And I've seen the watch he gave you. It was engraved with your name. How were you planning on doing that with your copy?" Elijah reprimanded

"I hadn't thought of that" Stefan answered quietly. He looked up at Elijah "Please don't tell Damon. He'll kill me. I'll put it back. Just please don't say anything" he pleaded

"I won't tell your brother"

"Really?"

"Yes" Elijah looked pointedly at Stefan. "You will"

"What! No Elijah. He'll kill me. Please don't make me do this"

"You brought this on your self-Stefan. You were saying something about putting it back?"

Stefan sullenly put the watch back. Elijah grabbed his arm and pulled him out the door. He steered Stefan towards his car and buckled him into the back seat. Stefan had ran to the mall. Damon would know if he took any of the cars, no matter how well he tried to put it back the way it was. Damon always knew. Elijah told him to stay put while he paid for the jacket. He would be a fool not to listen. He was already in a world of trouble.

What do you think? Should Elijah spank Stefan first or should he leave it to Damon to discipline his brother? Tell me how you think chapter 2 should go.