𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝

                                    

                                          
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The one thing that Y/N always worried about when it came to her boyfriend Damon was how Elena would watch them from afar. Whether the group was hanging out, or driving around together, or trying to figure out the town's next big mystery. Elena was one of Y/N's best friends but ever since she became a vampire she'd been so dramatic and confusing and broke both Stefan and Damon's hearts. 
She'd had a good run with Damon, they thought they were going to marry each other and take the cure and have children together and grow old and then find peace. Boy were they both wrong. Y/N didn't like to gossip but according to Damon Elena started bringing up his past with Katherine and claiming he was cheating on her with Y/N which wasn't the case. Y/N and Damon had started as best friends but Damon never denied that Y/N made him curious.
Maybe it was the way Y/N wasn't so clingy. Or how she dressed, or how she was involved in absolutely zero drama which was nearly impossible given the overloads of it in their friend group. He could confide in Y/N and she'd never expect him to be a good guy or a bad guy. He could just be Damon. Y/N didn't bat her eyelashes and convince him to do things he didn't want to do. He was just him. And Y/N had always loved him dearly for it. 
According to Elena all she said was they weren't right for each other. And if she'd have never become a vampire she'd still be in her safe little bubble with Stefan. Where everything was her decision and she always got her way. And then they split. Regardless of who's story she believed, Y/N brushed it off and supported both of her friends and respected that it was now awkward between the both of them. 
A couple of months after the huge split which was the talk of the group, Damon had asked Y/N out and they were both interested to see where this could go. And it turned out to be the best decision Damon had ever made in his life and Y/N was on top of the world. She'd asked for Elena's blessing which she noticed everybody asked for Elena's blessing for their happiness. Like when Bonnie had started dating Jeremy. Weird. 
So now the group is getting ready for another year at the Founder's Party and Heritage Display. They all sit around the fireplace at the Salvatore house, going through their families Belongings. Elena reached into a box, and she sighed when she retrieved a small velvet box. She looked over at Jeremy who was sitting frozen on his knees. "Mom and dad's rings. I haven't opened it in years." She smiled to herself and Jeremy offered to take the box from her. "It feels like yesterday I was going through this will Jenna, and then asking Stefan why his and Damon's names were on the first registry." 
Everybody smiled at the sweet memory and Jeremy opened the box. "Mom's ring was always so beautiful." He smiled to himself. Damon squeezed Y/N's hand. Caroline reached into a box, changing the subject and opened a dusty box. "A gun?" Stefan held his hand out and Caroline placed it in his palm. "Looks old." 
"That's uh because it is." Stefan grinned down to her and moved from his seat on the sofa to the floor where Elena and Caroline sat. Y/N and Damon had noticed Elena and Stefan sitting extra close to each other. "What do you think Damon?" Everybody looked up at Damon who'd squinted his eyes and shrugged. 
"Colt Army Model, 1860 maybe. Your family wielded lots of weapons Caroline." He gave her that sideways grin. She laughed it off and took it back from Stefan and Y/N noticed Elena give him a side smile. She narrowed her eyes and looked over at Damon who'd noticed and been looking at her also. 
"I wish I had something interesting." Bonnie shrugged her shoulders and sighed. "I've just got china and a lot of weird candle holder thingies." She groaned. "Plus I'm not a founding family so it doesn't matter." She rolled her eyes and Caroline growled.