Elena stared at the empty word document in front of her watching the curser blink back at her. The silly little blinking curser in front of empty space was mocking her she thought. She had been back at school one week and Alaric had already given the class a history paper to write. She thought for once maybe he would give them a break because of the eventful summer they had but instead he decided to just lay it all on them only two days in to the school term. She had a few weeks to complete the paper but she thought she may as well get a start on it with nothing to do tonight. Caroline was with Tyler doing god knows what and Bonnie and Jeremy were spending the night together curled up on the couch watching movies. She thought for a second about asking to join them but since Bonnie had only just arrived back in town she wanted to give them the night alone.

Her phone started to vibrate on her dresser and she leaned over to see who was calling her.

Damon

"Hey Damon"

"Where are you?'

He seemed to be in a good mood for once and she didn't want to dampen the mood so she played along. "Lying in bed."

"Wow and I didn't even have to ask you first." Elena heard a small chuckle from Damon and thought for a second about continuing this little game but instantly made herself even stop the thought before it lead anywhere else. She had only seen Stefan a week before and he had made it pretty clear they were no longer together but she still felt guilty for even falling into Damon's graces so quickly.

"What do you want Damon?" There was a slight edge to her tone and Damon picked up on it straight away.

"Wow somebody's a bit moody tonight." She could just hear his smugness through the phone line.

"I'm just completely stuck writing this history report. I have no idea where to even start and it's not like its due in for another few weeks but with nothing else to do tonight..." She trailed off on the last words rolling her eyes.

"So don't do it, you could hang out with me instead Elena." She could just imagine he wiggling his eyebrows and a small smile formed at her mouth.

"Well what did you have in mind exactly?"

"Do a little dance; make a little love...Well pretty much get down tonight Elena!"

"Oh my god Damon, You know I don't think I have heard that one before!" She laughed at him and he couldn't help but join her laughing. She was one of the only people to ever just joke around with him.

"You know I could actually go for a dance. God I haven't just let go and just danced a night away in such a long time. Do you know anywhere we could go?"

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone and Elena started to worry that something was wrong. All of a sudden Damon cleared his throat and Elena felt at ease again. "You would actually go out and spend the night with me?"

Elena ease was short lived. She was so confused by his question. They had been spending a decent amount of time together as of lately in the search for Stefan and Klaus. Why would tonight be any different. "Damon why wouldn't I spend the night hanging out with you?"

"Most of the time we have spent together in the last few weeks has been filled with plans to find my brother or Klaus or talking about my brother or Klaus. So tonight would be what exactly?"

Elena couldn't help but smile about what Damon was saying. To a degree it was true. Most of the time they spent together was really not at all about the two of them. It was about everything else that was going on. Maybe spending time together without the world coming in around them would be a good thing for both of them. Some time to just breathe a little.

"Tonight is about two friends hanging out and having fun Damon."

"Sounds good to me. Shall I pick you up?"

"Alright. Give me about half an hour and I'll be ready"

"See you then Elena."